Ini I in hieroglyphs

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

  The Dual King Mer hotep Ra  Son of Ra Ini

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

Mer hotep Ra

mr-ḥtp-rꜤ

The one whom the peace of Ra has appreciated

ra-U7:r-Htp:t*p

Turin King List 8.4
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 98-99, 28:T3
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959) VII:4

Throne name variant

Mer hotep Ra

mri-ḥtp-rꜤ

The one whom the peace of Ra has appreciated

ra-U7:Htp

Newberry, Scarabs, plate X (21)
Petrie, A history of Egypt from the earliest times to the 16th dynasty, I, 220 (fig. 133)
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 98-99, 28a:T

Birth name

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

Birth name

Ini

in.i

–

i-A2-n:A2

Newberry, Scarabs, plate X (21)
Petrie, A history of Egypt from the earliest times to the 16th dynasty, I, 220 (fig. 133)
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 98-99, 28a:E

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