Neferhotep III

 Dynasty XVI


Reign of Neferhotep III
Ryholt1629–1628
Turin Canon1 year

 

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Horus name
Horus name of Neferhotep III: Wadj khau
Wadj khau
wꜢḏ-ḫꜤw
Flourishing of appearances
wAD-xa:a:Z2
Stela of Neferhotep III (Cairo Museum, CG 20799, JE 59635)
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 102-103, c:H2
Horus name variant
Horus name of Neferhotep III: Wadj khau
Wadj khau
wꜢḏ-ḫꜤw
Flourishing of appearances
wAD-xa:Y1:Z2
ASAE, 38, 625
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 102-103, c:H1
Nebty name
Nebty name of Neferhotep III: Aa pehty
Aa pehty
ꜤꜢ-pḥti
Great of might
aA:a:Y1-F3:t*y-A24
Stela of Neferhotep III (Cairo Museum, CG 20799, JE 59635)
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 102-103, c:N
Golden Horus name
Golden Horus name of Neferhotep III: Men..
Men..
mn-..
Established of ...
mn:Y1-//
Stela of Neferhotep III (Cairo Museum, CG 20799, JE 59635)
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 102-103, c:G
Throne name
Throne name of Neferhotep III: Sekhem Ra sankh tawy
Sekhem Ra sankh tawy
sḫm-rꜤ-sꜤnḫ-tꜢwi
The powerful one of Ra, who has sustained the Two Lands
ra-sxm-s-anx-N17:N17
Stela of Neferhotep III (Cairo Museum, CG 20799, JE 59635)
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 102-103, c:T
Throne name variant
Throne name of Neferhotep III: Sekhem Ra s...
Sekhem Ra s...
sḫm-rꜤ s...
ra-sxm-1-G7-s-//
Royal Canon of Turin 11.3
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959), XI, 3
. Ramesside Inscriptions, II, 842:11
Birth name
Birth name of Neferhotep III: Nefer hotep
Nefer hotep
nfr-ḥtp
The beautiful/perfect one is satisfied
nfr-Htp:t*p
Stela of Neferhotep III (Cairo Museum, CG 20799, JE 59635)
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 102-103, c:E1
Birth name variant
Birth name of Neferhotep III: Iy kher nefret
Iy kher nefret
y-ẖr-nfrt
The one who has come bearing happiness
M18-D54-T28:r-nfr-t:Z2
Stela of Neferhotep III (Cairo Museum, CG 20799, JE 59635)
May simply be an epithet to Neferhotep
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 102-103, c:E2

Bibliography


Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 102–103
The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC (London, 2008), 256–257
The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 84

 

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The Royal titulary

The full titulary was announced at the coronation, when a pharaoh officially became king.

Horus
Horus name
The oldest form of a pharaoh's name, often enclosed in a serekh, a sort of "heraldic crest" representing a palace facade.

Nebty
Nebty name
The "Two Ladies", the heraldic goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet, representing Upper and Lower Egypt respectively.

Golden Horus
Golden Horus name
Gold was strongly associated with eternity, but the meaning of this title is disputed.

Prenomen
Throne name
(prenomen) Announced at the coronation, and written in a cartouche.

Nomen
Personal name
(nomen) The name given at birth, also written in a cartouche.

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