Wahkara Khety II 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

Wah ka Ra

wꜢh-kꜢ-rꜤ

The enduring one of the ka of Ra

ra-wAH-kA

Sarcophagus of Nefri (Cairo Museum JE 32869 , CG 28088)
RecTrav , XXIV, 90-92

Birth names

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

Birth name

Khety

ḫty

The one belonging to the divine Ennead

X:t-i-i

Sarcophagus of Nefri (Cairo Museum JE 32869 , CG 28088)
RecTrav , XXIV, 90-92

Birth name variant

Khet-ity

ḫt-iti

–

X:t-Sps-U33-i-G7-//

Turin King List 5.21
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959) IV:21

The sources of antiquity

From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity

Bibliography

• Baker. D. D., 2008. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I. London: 185–186