Bakenrenef in hieroglyphs

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

  The Dual King Wah ka Ra  Son of Ra Bak en ren.ef

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

Wah ka Ra

wꜢḥ-kꜢ-rꜤ

The enduring one belonging to the ka of Ra

ra-wAH-kA

Mariette, Le Serapeum de Memphis (1857), pl. 34
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 202-203, 1:T

Birth names

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

Birth name

Bak en ren.ef

bꜢk-n-rn.f

Servant in his name

G29:k-n:r:n:f

Mariette, Le Serapeum de Memphis (1857), pl. 34
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 202-203, 1:E1

Birth name variant

Bak en ren.ef

bꜢk-n-rn.f

Servant in his name

G29-k:n-r:n:f

Posener, Malinine, Vercoutter, Catalogue des steles du Serapeum de Memphis, no. 101
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 202-203, 1:E2

The sources of antiquity

From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity

Bibliography

• Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 19 (1913): 410–412
• Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, Second edition, MÄS 49: 202–203
• Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. Atlanta: 159