Sewadjkara III 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

Sewadj ka Ra*

s-wꜢḏ-kꜤ-rꜤ

The one whom the ka of Ra has made thrive

ra-s-wAD-kA-1

Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions , II, 838:10
Turin King List 9.6
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 108-109. 7:T
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959) VIII, 6

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