Tausret
Also known as: Tawosret, Twosret |
Dynasty XIX |
Queen Tausret was the chief wife of Seti II and upon his death, she became regent for his eldest son and heir Siptah, and ultimately pharaoh. Her reign only lasted a year or two before civil war broke out that ended with her demise and the start of a new dynasty founded by Setnakht.
Manetho included her in his king list as Thouoris with a reign of seven years, which is known to include the reign of Siptah. Tausret's name is excluded on Ramesses III's list of ancestors at Medinet Habu which can only mean that she was not seen as a legitime pharaoh at the time.
Reign of Tausret |
AE Chronology | 1192–1191 |
von Beckerath | 1186–1185 |
Shaw | 1188–1186 |
Dodson | 1189–1187 |
Malek | 1188–1186 |
Arnold | 1198–1196 |
Grimal | 1196–1188 |
Redford | 1209–1201 |
Manetho | 7 years |
Highest attestation | Year 8 |
The Royal Titulary
From the hieroglyphic records
Horus name
Ka nakht mery Maat
kꜢ-nḫt mri-mꜢꜤt
The strong bull, beloved of Maat
E1:D40-C10A-mr
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 352:11
Horus name variant A
Ka nakht mery Maat
kꜢ-nḫt mri-mꜢꜤt
The strong bull, beloved of Maat
E1:D40-C10A-mr-i-i
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 352:9
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:H2
Horus name variant B
Ka nakht mery(t) Maat, neb(et) an em nesu mi Atum
kꜢ-nḫt mri-mꜢꜤt nb-Ꜥn-m-nsw-mi-itm
The strong bull, beloved of Maat, Lord beautiful of kingship, like Atum
E1:D40-C10A-mr-i-i-nb:a:n-D6:Aa15-sw-t:n-A41-mi-A304G
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 352:7
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:H1
Nebty name
Gereg Kemet waf khasut
grg-kmt wꜤf-ḫꜢswt
Founder of Egypt, who vainquishes foreign countries
U17\:Y1-I6:Aa15:t*O49-w:D40:f-N25:t*3
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 352:9
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:N
Throne name
Sat Ra meryt en Amun
sꜢ.t-rꜤ mri.t-n-imn
Daughter of Ra, beloved of Amun
C2-C12-N36:n:N17-zA&t
Petrie, Six Temples at Thebes, plate 16.1
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 354:3
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:T2
Throne name variant A
Sat Ra meryt Amun
zꜢt-rꜤ mri(t)-n-imn
Daughter of Ra, beloved of Amun
C2A\-C12-N36:H8*t
Gardiner, Peet, Cerny, Six Temples, plate 16 (5)
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 354:4
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:T3
Throne name variant B
Sat Ra meryt Amun
zꜢt-rꜤ mri(t)-n-imn
Daughter of Ra, beloved of Amun
C2\-C12-N36:(H8:t-i-i)
British Museum EA 29952
Gardiner, Peet, Cerny, Six Temples, plate 17 (2)
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 353:15
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:T4
Throne name variant C
Sat Ra meryt Amun
zꜢt-rꜤ mri(t)-imn
Daughter of Ra, beloved of Amun
H8:t-C2-C12-mr-i-i
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 352:9
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:T5
Throne name variant D
Sat Ra meryt Amun
zꜢt-rꜤ mri(t)-imn
Daughter of Ra, beloved of Amun
mr-C2-C12-H8:t-i-i
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions 351:13
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:T6
Birth name
Tausret
tꜢ-Wsrt
Mighty Lady
t-A-wsr-s-r:D40-B7F
Valley of the Kings, tomb KV 14
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions 351:13
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 201a
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:E1
Birth name variant A
Tausret meryt en Mut
tꜢ-wsrt mri(t).n-mwt
Tausret, beloved of Mut
t-A-wsr-r:t:D40-G14-S3-mr
Gauthier, Amada, I, plate 21
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:E2
Birth name variant B
Tausret setep en Mut
tꜢ-Wsrt stp.n-mwt
Mighty Lady, chosen of Mut
t-wsr-C183A-(stp&t:n)
British Museum EA 29952
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 353:15
Gardiner, Peet, Cerny, Six Temples, plate 17 (2)
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:E3
Birth name variant C
Tausret setep en Mut
tꜢ-Wsrt stp.n-mwt
Mighty Lady, chosen of Mut
t:A-wsr-C183A-t:stp:n
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, IV, 352:9
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 162-163, 8:E4
The sources of antiquity
From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity
Author | Greek | Transliteration | Transcription | Reign |
Africanus xix, 6 |
Θουωρις |
Thouoris |
Thuris |
7 years |
Eusebius xix, 5 |
Θουωρις |
Thouoris |
Thuris |
7 years |
Jerome 45 |
|
|
Thuoris |
7 years |
Bibliography
Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 162–163
Baker. D. D. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC (London, 2008), 458–460
Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 19 (1913): 145–148
Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 125