Sankhptahi in hieroglyphs

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Throne names

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

Throne name

Seheqa en Ra

sḥḳꜢ-n-rꜤ

The one whom Ra has made a ruler

ra-s-HqA-(Y1:n)

Meeks, Une stèle de donation de la Deuxième Période intermédiaire, in ENIM 2, 129-154
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 106-107, q:T

Throne name variant

..enra

..-n-rꜤ

–

ra-//-Y1:n

Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions , II, 837:11
Turin King List 8.25
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959) VII:17

Birth name

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

Birth name

Sankh Ptahi

sꜤnḫ-ptḥ-i

The one whom Ptah sustains

C20-s-anx-HqA-(Y1:n)

Meeks, Une stèle de donation de la Deuxième Période intermédiaire, in ENIM 2, 129-154
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 106-107, q:E

Bibliography

• Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, Second edition, MÄS 49: 106–107
• Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. Atlanta: 71–72
• Baker. D. D., 2008. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I. London: 349