Nehesi in hieroglyphs

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Throne name

Announced at the coronation and always written in a cartouche. The “official” name of the pharaoh. Also known as the Prenomen.

Throne name

Aa seh Ra

ꜤꜢ-zḥ-rꜤ

The great one of the shrine of Ra

ra-aA:a-O22

Petrie, Tanis I (1885), pl. 3, No. 20
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 108-109, 2:T

Birth names

Personal name given at birth. Also known as the Nomen.

Birth name

Nehesi

nḥsi

The Nubian

G21-H-s-y-T14

Turin King List 9.1
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 108-109, 2:E3
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959) VIII:1

Birth name variant

Nehesi

nḥsi

The Nubian

G21-H-s-Z4

Newberry, Scarabs (1908), pl. 23, No. 5
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 108-109, 2:E1

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