Ramesses I was already an old man when he was chosen by Horemheb to succeed him upon his death. The new dynasty he founded was only just starting up when Ramesses I died, and his son Seti I ascended the throne, ensuring that the dynasty lived on. Seti might well have been a reason Ramesses was chosen as succession from father-to-son had been non-existent since the death of Akhenaten
Ramesses I's almost ephemeral reign meant that he didn't get to build much, but that was soon remedied by his son, who became a very prolific builder, who in turn was outdone his son, Ramesses II.
Reign of Ramesses I
AE Chronology
1292–1291
von Beckerath
1292–1290
Shaw
1295–1294
Dodson
1298–1296
Malek
1295–1294
Arnold
1307–1306
Grimal
1295–1294
Redford
1315–1314
Manetho (Josephus)
1y 4m
Highest attestation
Year 2
The Royal Titulary
From the hieroglyphic records
Horus name
Ka nakht wadj nesyt kꜢ-nḫt wꜢḏ-nsyt The strong bull, he who rejuvenates the royalty E1:D40-wAD-sw-t-i-i-Y1:Z2
Brussels E.2171 Gardiner, Peet, Cerny The Inscriptions of Sinai, I, plate LXVIII (244) Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 1:8 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 1:H
Ka nakht wadj nesyt kꜢ-nḫt wꜢḏ-nsyt The strong bull, he who rejuvenates the royalty E1:D40-wAD-sw-t-i-i-A40B-Z3
Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography, VII, 130 (4) Louvre C57 stele Champollion, Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, I, plate 1 (2) Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 2:9
Nebty name
Kha em nisut mi Itemu ḫꜤi-m-nsw-mi-itm He who appears as a king, like Atum xa:a:Y1-m&t-sw-A44-mi-i-t:U15:Aa15
Brussels E.2171 Gardiner, Peet, Cerny The Inscriptions of Sinai, I, plate LXVIII (244) Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 1:8 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 2:N
Golden Horus name
Semen Maat khet tawy smn-mꜢꜤt-ḫt-tꜢwi Who established
Maat throughout the Two Lands s-mn:n-U32-Aa11v-xt:x*t:D54-N21:N21
Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography, VII, 130 (4) Louvre C57 stele Champollion, Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, I, plate 1 (2) Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 2:9 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 2:G2
Throne name
Men pehty Ra mn-pḥti-rꜤ Eternal is the Strength of Ra ra:mn-F9
Copenhagen National Museum obelisk fragment No. 468 Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 5:3
Men pehty Ra mn-pḥti-rꜤ Eternal is the Strength of Ra ra-F9-F9-mn
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 4:9 ASAE, 4, 182
Variant
Men pehty Ra mn-pḥti-rꜤ Eternal is the Strength of Ra ra:mn-F9:t*t
Abydos king list 75
Variant
Men pehty Ra mn-pḥti-rꜤ Eternal is the Strength of Ra ra-F9-t*t:mn
Saqqara king list 3
Variant
Men pehty Ra mn-pḥti-rꜤ Eternal is the Strength of Ra ra-mn:n-F9-F9
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 3:10 Louvre E 7690 (pedestal of a statue)
Variant
Men pehty Ra, heqa Maat mn-pḥti-rꜤ ḥḳꜢ-mꜢꜤt Eternal is the Strength of Ra, ruler of Maat ra:mn-HqA-F9-H6
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 5:4 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 1:T5
Variant
Men pehty Ra, tit Ra mn-pḥti-rꜤ tit-rꜤ Eternal is the Strength of Ra, the image of Ra ra:mn-F9-F9-ra:D17:t
Brussels E.2171 Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 1:5 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 1:T6
Birth name
Ramessu rꜤ-msi-sw Ra has fashioned him ra-ms-s-sw-w
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 1:15 Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 123a Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 1:E1
Brussels E.2171 Gardiner, Peet, Cerny The Inscriptions of Sinai, I, plate LXVIII (244) Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 1:6 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 1:E3
Variant
Ramessu rꜤ-msi-sw Ra has fashioned him ra-ms-s-s
Brussels E.2171 Gardiner, Peet, Cerny The Inscriptions of Sinai, I, plate LXVIII (244) Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 1:12 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 1:E2
Variant
Ramessu heqa Maat rꜤ-msi-sw ḥḳꜢ-mꜢꜤt Ramesses, ruler of Maat ra-ms-s-s-HqA-q-H6
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, I, 3:8 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 148-149, 1:E4
The complete titulary
Sources containing all five names of the royal titulary
Buhen, stela of Ramesses I, year 2
Kitchen 1975, 2, §3; Louvre stela C57
The sources of antiquity
From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity
Author
Greek
Transliteration
Transcription
Reign
Josephus 97
Pαμεσσης
Rhamesses
Ramesses
1 year, 4 months
Bibliography
Beckerath, J.Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 148–149 Baker. D. D.The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC (London, 2008), 305–307 Gauthier, H.Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 19 (1913): 2–9 Leprohon, R. J.The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 109