Osorkon III

Dynasty XXIII

Reign of Osorkon III
798–769

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Horus name

Ka nakht kha em Waset

kꜢ-nḫt ḫꜤi-m.wꜢst

The strong bull has appearaed in Thebes

E1:D40-xa-m-S40

Legrain, Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris a Karnak, RecTrav 22 (1900): 129
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:H

Nebty name

Set ib tawy

st-ib-tꜢwi

The favorite one of the Two Lands

st-ib:N17:N17

Legrain, Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris a Karnak, RecTrav 22 (1900): 129
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:N

Golden Horus name

Mes netjeru

ms-nṯrw

Born of the gods

ms-s-nTrw

Legrain, Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris a Karnak, RecTrav 22 (1900): 129
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:G

Throne name

User Maat Ra, setep en Amun

wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ stp.n-imn

The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra, chosen by Amun

ra-wsr-mAat-i-mn:n-stp:n

Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 49:5
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:T1

Throne name variant

User Maat Ra, setep en Amun

wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ stp.n-imn

The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra, chosen by Amun

ra-wsr-Sw-i-mn:n:stp

Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 50:13
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:T2

Throne name variant

User Maat Ra, setep en Amun

wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ stp.n-imn

The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra, chosen by Amun

i-mn:n-ra-wsr-U1:Aa11-stp:n

Legrain, Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris a Karnak, RecTrav 22 (1900): 128
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:T3

Throne name variant

User Maat Ra

wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ

The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra

ra-wsr-U1-Aa11:a:t

Legrain, Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris a Karnak, RecTrav 22 (1900): 129
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:T4

Throne name variant

User Maat Ra, setep (en) Amun

wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ stp (n) imn

The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra, chosen by Amun

ra-wsr-Sw-stp-C12

Champollion, Monuments de l'Egypte et de la Nubie - Notices descriptives (1889), II, 242
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:T5

Birth name

Userken, si Aset, mery Amun

wsrkn zꜢ-Ꜣst mri-imn

Osorkon, son of Isis, beloved of Amun

i-mn:n:U7-H8:Z1-st-wA-Aa18-i-r:k:n

Legrain, Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris a Karnak, RecTrav 22 (1900): 129
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:E1

Birth name variant

Userken, si Aset, mery Amun

wsrkn zꜢ-Ꜣst mri-imn

Osorkon, son of Isis, beloved of Amun

i-mn:n:U7-H8-st:t-wA-Aa18-i-r:k:n

Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 49:5
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:E2

Birth name variant

Userken

wsrkn

Osorkon

wA-Aa18-i-r:k:n

Legrain, Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris a Karnak, RecTrav 22 (1900): 132
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:E3

Birth name variant

Userken netjer heqa Waset

wsrkn nṯr ḥḳꜢ wꜢst

Osorkon, the god and ruler of Thebes

wA-Aa18-i-r:k:n-q-nTr-HqA-R19

Statuette (Cairo Museum CG 42224, JE 38581)
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:E4

Birth name variant

Userken si Aset, mery Amun, netjer heqa Waset

wsrkn sꜢ Ꜣst mry imn nṯr ḥḳꜢ wꜢst

Osorkon, the son of Isis, beloved of Amun, the god and ruler of Thebes

i-mn:n:U7-Q1:H8-wA:Aa18-i-r:k:n-q-nTr-HqA-R19

Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 50:13
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:E5

Birth name variant

Userken si Aset, mery Amun, netjer heqa Waset

wsrkn sꜢ Ꜣst mry imn nṯr ḥḳꜢ wꜢst

Osorkon, the son of Isis, beloved of Amun, the god and ruler of Thebes

mn:n:U7\-i\-Q1:H8-wA:Aa18-i-r:k:n-nTr-HqA-R19

Statuette of Hor (Cairo Museum CG 42223, JE 36950)
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 194-195, 5:E6

The sources of antiquity

From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity

Author	Greek	Transliteration	Transcription	Reign
Africanus _{xxiii, 2}	Oσορχω	Osorkho	Osorcho	8 years
Jerome			Osorthon	9 years

Bibliography

Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 194–195
Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 19 (1913): 382–389
Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 154

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

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.

Kinglists

Turin king list
223 kings – Dynasty 19
Abydos Canon
76 kings – Dynasty 19
Saqqara Canon
58 kings – Dynasty 19
Karnak Canon
61 kings – Dynasty 18
Comparing the canons
Abydos, Saqqara and Karnak
Ramesseum Canon
Ramesses II Mortuary Temple
Medinet Habu Canon
Ramesses III Mortuary Temple

Ancient historians

Herodotus
450 BC – Histories
Manetho
250 BC – Aegyptiaca
Diodorus
50 BC – Bibliotheca Historica
Josephus
100 CE – Against Apion
Africanus
220 CE – Chronographai
Eusebius
325 CE – Chronicon
Jerome
380 CE – Chronicon
Syncellus
800 CE – Egloga Chronographai
Eratosthenes
Probably a forgery (date unknown)
Comparing the sources
Transmission of Manetho
by Africanus et. al.

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