Ramesses VI
The fifth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty, Ramesses VI, was not the son of his predecessor but rather a son of Ramesses III. He usurped the tomb of Ramesses V (KV9) which during construction inadvertently buried the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun, keeping it safe from plunderers for 3000 years.
Reign of Ramesses VI |
AE Chronology | 1145–1139 |
von Beckerath | 1142–1134 |
Shaw | 1143–1136 |
Dodson | 1141–1133 |
Malek | 1143–1136 |
Arnold | 1151–1143 |
Grimal | 1144–1136 |
Redford | 1156–1149 |
Highest attestation | Year 8 |
The Royal Titulary
From the hieroglyphic records
Horus name
Ka nakht aa nakhtu sankh tawy
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫtw sꜤnḫ-tꜢwi
The strong bull, whose victories are great, he who gives life to the Two Lands
E1:D40-aA:a:Y1-n:xt:x*t-D40:Z2-s-anx-M127-wAD
The Epigraphic Survey, Medinet Habu, II, plate 102, usurped
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:H1
Horus name variant
Ka nakht aa nakhtu sankh tawy
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫtw sꜤnḫ-tꜢwi
The strong bull, whose victories are great, he who gives life to the Two Lands
E1:D40-aA:a-D40:t*3-s-anx-n:x:N17:N17
CG 42152
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:H2
Horus name variant
Ka nakht aa nakhtu
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫt(w)
The strong bull, whose victories are great
E1:D40-aA:n:xt-x*t:D40
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), Text III, 201
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:H3
Horus name variant
Ka nakht aa nakhtu
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫt(w)
The strong bull, whose victories are great
aA:a:Y1-n:xt:x*t-A24:t*W
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, VI, 372
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:H4
Nebty name
User khepesh hed hefenu
wsr-ḥpš hd-ḥfnw
He whose blow is powerful, he whose attacks are countless
wsr-s-W-A24-x:p-N37:xpS-h-G4-F46:a-A24-H-f:n:nw*W-I8:Z2
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:N1
Nebty name variant
User khepesh hed hefenu
wsr-ḥpš hd-ḥfnw
He whose blow is powerful, he whose attacks are countless
wsr-s-T16A-h:d:Y1-D40:I8:Z2
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 224d
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:N2
Golden Horus name
User renput mi Tatenen
wsr-rnpwt-mi-tꜢ-ṯnn
Rich in years like Tatenen
wsr-s-rnp-rnp-rnp-mi-N17:T-sw*sw:n:n
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, VI, 372
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:G1
Golden Horus name variant
User renput mi Tatenen
wsr-rnpwt-mi-tꜢ-ṯnn
Rich in years like Tatenen
wsr-s-r:D40-G7-rnp-rnp-rnp-Z3-mi-i-tA:Z1*N23-M22-M22-n:n-A40-Z1-G7
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:G2
Throne name
Neb Maat Ra, mery Amun
nb-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ mri-imn
Lord of the Maat like Ra, beloved of Amun
ra-C10A\-C12-N36:nb
Tomb KV9, Passim
Petrie, Koptos, plate XIX, bottom
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:T2
Throne name variant
Neb Maat Ra, mery Amun
nb-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ mri-imn
Lord of the Maat like Ra, beloved of Amun
ra:nb-mAat-i-mn:n:N36
Left wall just inside Tomb KV9
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 224d
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:T1
Throne name variant
Neb Maat Ra, mery Amun
nb-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ mri-imn
Lord of the Maat like Ra, beloved of Amun
ra:nb-Sw-C12-mr
Naville, Bubastis, plate XXXVIII (H)
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:T3
Birth name
Ramessu Amun her khepeshef netjer heqa Iunu
rꜤ-msi-sw imn-ḥr-ḫpš.f nṯr-ḥḳꜢ-iwnw
Ramesses, Amun is his force, god and ruler of Heliopolis
ra-C12B-ms:z:z-nTr-HqA-iwn
Tomb KV9, passim
Found throughout the tomb.
Birth name variant
Ramessu Amun her khepeshef netjer heqa Iunu
rꜤ-msi-sw imn-ḥr-ḫpš.f nṯr-ḥḳꜢ-iwnw
Ramesses, Amun is his force, god and ruler of Heliopolis
C12B-ra:ms-z:z-nTr-HqA-iwn
Naville, Bubastis, plate XXXVIII (H)
Birth name variant
Ramessu, Amun her khepeshef, netjer heqa Iunu
rꜤ-msi-sw imn-ḥr-ḫpš.f nṯr-ḥḳꜢ-iwnw
Ramesses, Amun is his force, god and ruler of Heliopolis
ms:z:z-C2\-C12F-nTr-HqA-iwn
Left wall just inside Tomb KV9
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 224d
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 170-171, 5:E5
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