Takelot I in hieroglyphs

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

  The Dual King Hedj kheper Ra, setep en Ra  Son of Ra Takelot mery Amun

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

Hedj kheper Ra, setep en Ra

ḥḏ-ḫpr-rꜤ stp-n-rꜤ

The radiant one is the (very) manifestation or Ra, chosen by Ra

ra-S1-xpr-stp&n&ra

Posener, Malinine, Vercoutter, Catalogue des steles du Serapeum de Memphis, no. 19
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 186-187, 3:T

Birth names

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

Birth name

Takelot mery Amun

tklt mrꞽ-ꞽmn

Takelot, beloved of Amun

i-mn:n:N36-U33-k:r:N36-U33

Daressy, Inscriptions inédites de la XXIe Dynastie, RecTrav 18 (1896): 52 (IV)
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 186-187, 3:E1

Birth name variant

Takelot mery Amun

tklt mrꞽ-ꞽmn

Takelot, beloved of Amun

i-mn:n:N36-U33-k:r-N36:T

Posener, Malinine, Vercoutter, Catalogue des steles du Serapeum de Memphis, no. 19
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 186-187, 3:E2

Birth name variant

Takelot mery Amun

tklt mrꞽ-ꞽmn

Takelot, beloved of Amun

i-mn:n:U7-U33-k:r-N36:T

Aegyptische Inschriften aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin, II, p. 207 (8437)
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 186-187, 3:E3

Birth name variant

Takelot

tklt

Takelot

U33\-k:r-N17:T

Posener, Malinine, Vercoutter, Catalogue des steles du Serapeum de Memphis, no. 31
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 186-187, 3:E4

The sources of antiquity

From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity

Bibliography

• Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, Second edition, MÄS 49: 186–187
• Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. Atlanta: 147