Siptah
Also known as: Merenptah Siptah |
Dynasty XIX |
Siptah became pharaoh when his father died, but as he was still only around ten years old, his stepmother Queen Tausret became his regent, and on his death, pharaoh. Siptah is excluded on Ramesses III's list of ancestors at Medinet Habu which can only mean that he was not seen as a legitime pharaoh at the time. Manetho makes no mention of Siptah.
Reign of Siptah |
AE Chronology | 1197–1193 |
von Beckerath | 1194–1186 |
Shaw | 1194–1188 |
Dodson | 1195–1189 |
Malek | 1194–1188 |
Arnold | 1204–1198 |
Grimal | 1196–1190 |
Redford | 1215–1209 |
Highest attestation | Year 7 |
The Royal Titulary
From the hieroglyphic records
Horus name
Ka nakht mery hapy, sankh ta neb em kaef Ra neb
kꜢ-nḫt mri-ḥꜤpi sꜤnḫ-tꜢ-nb-m-kꜢ.f-rꜤ-nb
Strong bull, beloved of Hapi, who daily sustains the lands by means of his Ka
E1:D40-mr-V71-p-N35A-s-anx-N16A:nb-Aa15:kA*Z1:f-ra*Z1:nb
Year 1–2
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 363:2
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 160-161, 7:H1
Horus name variant A
Ka nakht mery Hapi
kꜢ-nḫt mri-ḥꜤpi
The strong bull, beloved of Hapi
E1:D40-C92A-mr
Year 2–6
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 344:15
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:H4
Horus name variant B
Ka nakht mery Hapi
kꜢ-nḫt mri-ḥꜤpi
The strong bull, beloved of Hapi
E1:D40-N36-H-a:p*Z4-N36:n:n:n
Davis, The tomb of Siphthah, xiii, pl. 4
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:H3
Horus name variant C
Ka nakht wer pehty
kꜢ-nḫt wr-pḥti
The strong bull, great of might
E1:D40-wr:r-F9*(t:Z1*Z1):D40
Year 2–6
Tomb of Siptah, KV 47
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 347:13
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:H6
Nebty name
Saa Iunu
sꜤꜢ-iwnw
Made great in Heliopolis
s-aA:a-A-Y1-iwn-nw:O49
Year 2–6
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 405:6
Petrie Museum UC39613
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:N
Golden Horus name
.. mi itef Ra
..-mi-it.f-rꜤ
..like his father Ra
//-mi-i-i-t:f-G7-r:a:ra-G7
Year 2–6
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 405:7-8
Petrie Museum UC39613
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:G
Throne name
Sekha en Ra, mery Amun
sḫꜤi.n-rꜤ mri-imn
He whom Ra causes to appear, beloved of Amun
ra-s-xa:n-N36-i-mn:n
Year 1–2
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 363:16
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 160-161, 7:T1
Throne name variant A
Akh en Ra, setep en Ra
Ꜣḫ-n-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ
Akh spirit of Ra, chosen of Ra
ra-G25:n-stp&n&ra
Year 2–6
Randall-McIver, Buhen, I, 36
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:T3
Throne name variant B
Akh en Ra, setep en Ra
Ꜣḫ-n-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ
Akh spirit of Ra, chosen of Ra
ra-Aa1&Ax-Y1:n-stp&n&ra
Year 2–6
Tomb of Siptah, KV 47
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 348:2
Throne name variant C
Akh en Ra, setep en Ra
Ꜣḫ-n-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ
Akh spirit of Ra, chosen of Ra
ra-G25-Y1v-N-stp&n&ra
Year 2–6
Tomb of Siptah, KV47, ceiling corridor (B)
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 347:15
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:T4
Birth name
Ramessu si Ptah
rꜤ-msi-sw sꜢ-ptḥ
Ramesses, son of Ptah
C2-ms-z:z-H8:Z1-p:t-H
Year 1–2
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 363:3
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 160-161, 7:E1
Birth name variant A
Si Ptah mery en Ptah
zꜢ-ptḥ mri.n-ptḥ
Son of Ptah, beloved of Ptah
p:t-H-N36:n:H6*Z1-p:t-H
Year 2–6
Tomb of Siptah, KV 47, ceiling corridor (B)
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 347:15
Birth name variant B
Si Ptah mery en Ptah
zꜤ-ptḥ mri.n-ptḥ
Son of Ptah, beloved of Ptah
mr\-C102\-H8:Z1-C102-S3
Year 2–6
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 345:7
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:E3
Birth name variant C
Si Ptah mery en Ptah
zꜢ-ptḥ mri.n-ptḥ
Son of Ptah, beloved of Ptah
C102*mr:n-C102-H8:Z1
Year 2–6
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 202a
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 7:E4
Birth name variant D
Si Ptah mery en Ptah
zꜢ-ptḥ mri.n-ptḥ
Son of Ptah, beloved of Ptah
C102*mr:n-H8:Z1-C102
Year 2–6
Petrie, Six Temples, plate XVII (11)
Birth name variant E
Si Ptah mery en Ptah
zꜢ-ptḥ meri.n-ptḥ
Son of Ptah, beloved of Ptah
p:t-H-U7:n-C102-H8:Z1
Year 2–6
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 202b
Bibliography
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Baker. D. D. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC (London, 2008), 431–434
Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 19 (1913): 140–145
Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 124