Column 6.1
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (62nd king)
Dynasty
IX/X (10)
Fragment(s)
59 + 59a
Gardiner
V 1
Only the title is left, the rest is lost. Farina placed an unnumbered fragment at the end of th column, but its position is probably incorrect,1 and has been moved to the Unplaced Fragments section.
- 1 Gardiner 1959: 16 (V 1 a)
Column 6.2
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (63rd king)
Dynasty
IX/X (11)
Fragment(s)
59
Gardiner
V 2
The name is lost, only an unreadable trace of the first sign remain.
Column 6.3
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (64th king)
Dynasty
IX/X (12)
Fragment(s)
59
Gardiner
V 3
The name is lost, only the opening cartouche remains. Written on a patch.
Column 6.4
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (65th king)
Dynasty
IX/X (13)
Fragment(s)
59
Gardiner
V 4
A trace of the tip of what could be a mr or wsr sign is visible above the opening cartouche, but it is only guesswork. Written on a patch.
- 1 Gardiner 1959: 15 (V 4 a)
Column 6.5
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (66th king)
Dynasty
IX/X (14)
Fragment(s)
59
Gardiner
V 5
The name is lost, only a partial title remain. Written on a patch.
Column 6.6
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (67th king)
Dynasty
IX/X (15)
Fragment(s)
59
Gardiner
V 6
The name is lost, only the partial title remain, but with a curious stroke above the "head" of the bee-sign. Written on a patch.
Column 6.7
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (68th king)
Dynasty
IX/X (16)
Fragment(s)
59
Gardiner
V 7
The name is lost, only a tiny stroke of the title remain.
Column 6.8
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (69th king)
Dynasty
IX/X (17)
Fragment(s)
–
Gardiner
V 8
Column 6.9
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Unknown (70th king)
Dynasty
IX/X (18)
Fragment(s)
61
Gardiner
V 9
The name is lost; there are no traces of any writing.
Column 6.10
Total of 18 kings ...
dmḏ nsw 18 ...
Fragment(s)
61
Gardiner
V 10
Summation of the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties. Most of the line is lost, only the initial signs remain. The number of kings is verified by the 18 kings recorded from 5.18 to 6.9. According to Manetho, during this period either 38 kings ruled for 594 years1, or 23 kings ruled for 285 years.2 The First Intermediate period as a whole lasted only for about 125 years, so it is clear that the numbers of Manetho are unreliable, probably due to misinterpretation or corruption by the redactors of the epitomes.
- 1 According to Africanus: 19 kings of the Ninth Dynasty reigned for 409 years, and 19 kings of the Tenth Dynasty reigned for 185 years.
- 2 According to Eusebius: 4 kings of the Ninth Dynasty reigned for 100, and 19 kings of the Tenth Dynasty reigned for 185 years.
Column 6.11
The kings ...
nsywt ...
Fragment(s)
61
Gardiner
V 11
Heading of the Eleventh Dynasty. The scribe has actually written kingship (pl.), which is a mistake.1 Only the initial signs remain, the rest is lost.
Column 6.12
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Mentuhotep I (71st king)
Dynasty
XI (1)
Fragment(s)
61
Gardiner
V 12
The name is lost. Gardiner tentatively restored the first sign as V29 (wꜢḥ), noting that it could also be N28 (ḫꜤ),1 but neither restoration fits an Eleventh Dynasty king. Beckerath proposed sꜤ as a possible reading,2 but ultimately, the tiny trace makes a proper identification impossible. Counting back from Mentuhotep II (6.16), this line would have contained the name of Mentuhotep I, who only gained royal titles posthumously. He was the father of Intef I, the founder of the Eleventh Dynasty at Thebes. Only the first two signs of the name in the Karnak Canon are readable, but as the Horus name tpy-Ꜥ (“the forefather”) is also readable, it undoubtedly belong to Mentuhotep I.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Karnak Canon 12 | | mn-[tw-ḥtp] | Men(tuhotep) |
- 1 Gardiner 1959: 16 (V 12)
- 2 Beckerath 1995: 226.
Column 6.13
The Dual King ...
nsw-bit ...
King
Intef I (72nd king)
Dynasty
XI (2)
Fragment(s)
61
Gardiner
V 13
The name is lost, only the title remain. Counting back from Mentuhotep II (6.16), this line would have contained the name of Intef I. The bee is part of Champollion's fragment Kk.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Karnak Canon 11 | | ini-[t-f] | In(tef) |
Column 6.14
The Dual King ... 49 years ...
nsw-bit ... 49 ...
King
Intef II (73rd king)
Dynasty
XI (3)
Fragment(s)
61 + 62 + 85
Gardiner
V 14
The name is lost. The partial sign before the nine is most likely the back end of 40. Counting back from Mentuhotep II (6.16), this line would have contained the name of Intef II. Note: in the museum photo of the papyrus, fr. 85 is incorrectly rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise and is partially obscured by a transparent tape running vertically at the left edge, which is corrected here. The bee and the top of the fragment is part of Champollion's fragment Kk.
Column 6.15
The Dual King ... 8 ...
nsw-bit ... 8 ...
King
Intef III (74th king)
Dynasty
XI (4)
Fragment(s)
62 + 85
Gardiner
V 15
The name is lost. Counting back from Mentuhotep II (6.16), this line would have contained the name of Intef III. The writing on this line starts farther left than the rest of this column, due to (5.16) encroaching this column.
Column 6.16
The Dual King Nebhapetra ... 51 years ...
nsw-bit nb-ḥꜢpt-rꜤ ... rnpt 51 ...
King
Mentuhotep II (75th king)
Dynasty
XI (5)
Fragment(s)
63 + 84 + 85
Gardiner
V 16
The first king of the Eleventh Dynasty whose name is intact.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 57 | | nb-hꜢpt-rꜤ | Nebhapetra |
Saqqara Canon 13 | | nb-hꜢpt-rꜤ | Nebhapetra |
Karnak Canon 29 | | nb-hꜢpt-rꜤ | Nebhapetra |
Column 6.17
The Dual King, Sankhka(ra) ... 12 years ...
nsw-bit sꜤnḫ-kꜢ ... 12 ...
King
Mentuhotep III (76th king)
Dynasty
XI (6)
Fragment(s)
63 + ? + 84 + 85
Gardiner
V 17
Farina added the unnumbered fragment1 which clarifies the ankh part of the name. A mistake was made in the Karnak Canon, where the Ꜥnḫ-sign was misinterpreted from the source used, as the similar-looking nfr-sign.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 58 | | sꜤnḫ-kꜢ-rꜤ | Sankhkara |
Saqqara Canon 14 | | sꜤnḫ-kꜢ-rꜤ | Sankhkara |
Karnak Canon 30 | | snfr-kꜢ-rꜤ | Sneferkara |
- 1 Gardiner 1959: 16 (V 17 a)
Column 6.18
Total: 6 kings amounting to 136 years and a lacuna of 7 years, Total: 143 years ...
dmḏ nsw 6 ir n rnpt 136 wsf 7 dmḏ 143 ...
Fragment(s)
63 + ? + 64
Gardiner
V 18
Summation of the Eleventh Dynasty. Farina added the unnumbered fragment.1 The traces of a six at the edge of fr. 63 is certain.2 Only a horizontal stroke of the lacuna notation remain in fr. 64, above the sublinear 100-sign that extend to the left. This seven-year lacuna notation account for the last king of the dynasty, the missing Mentuhotep IV, and indicate another lacuna notation, most likely in (6.17). The number written above the sublinear hundred-sign must be 136 as we know the total (143), and the lacuna (7).
- 1 Gardiner 1959: 16 (V 17 a)
- 2 id. 16 (V 18 a)
Column 6.19
Kings of the Residence Itj-tawy ...
... ẖnw iṯ-tꜢwy
Fragment(s)
64
Gardiner
V 19
Only part of the heading for the Twelfth Dynasty remain, however, it does mention the capital Itj-tawy.
Column 6.20
The Dual King Sehotepibra he acted as king for ...
nsw-bit sḥtp-ib-rꜤ ir.n f m nswyt ...
King
Amenemhat I (77th king)
Dynasty
XII (1)
Fragment(s)
64
Gardiner
V 20
All but ending of the name is lost, but Amenemhat I's prenomen Sehotepibra is the only possibility. As for the number of years, the sublinear tail of a nine is recorded, but a preceding ten-sign is lost where the papyrus breaks off. However, the number 29 is most likely correct, if not certain.1 Curiosly, the redactors of the Epitome failed to understand that Manetho's narrative contained not only four kings named Amenemhat, but also three kings named Senusret, resulting in a badly garbled dynasty which placed Ammenemes between the dynasties.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 59 | | s.ḥtp-ib-rꜤ | Sehotepibra |
Saqqara Canon 15 | | s.ḥtp-ib-rꜤ | Sehotepibra |
Karnak Canon 17 | | s.ḥtp-ib-rꜤ | Sehotepibra |
Africanus: XI (1) | — | Aμμενεμης | Ammenemēs |
Eusebius: XI | — | Aμμενεμης | Ammenemēs (16 years) |
Eratosthenes: 32 | — | Σταμμενεμης α | Stammenemēs I (26 years) |
- 1 Gardiner 1959: 16 (V 20 a)
Column 6.21
The Dual King Kheperkara ... 45 years
nsw-bit ḫpr-kꜢ-rꜤ rnpt 45 ...
King
Senusret I (78th king)
Dynasty
XII (2)
Fragment(s)
64
Gardiner
V 21
All but the ending of the name is lost, but the signs for 40+5 years are certain,1 although the vertical stroke of the five is weak.2 Herodotus failed to understand that the Twelfth Dynasty contained three kings named Senusret, and this Sesostris was in all likelyhood a combination of Senusret I and III.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 60 | | ḫpr-kꜢ-rꜤ | Kheperkara |
Saqqara Canon 16 | | ḫpr-kꜢ-rꜤ | Kheperkara |
Karnak Canon 24 | | ḫpr-kꜢ-rꜤ | Kheperkara |
Africanus: XII (1) | — | Σεσονχοσις | Sesonkhosis (46 years) |
Eusebius: XII (1) | — | Σεσονχοσις | Sesonkhosis (46 years) |
Herodotus: 102.1 | — | Σεσωστρις | Sesōstris |
- 1 Murnane, "Ancient Egyptian Coregencies", 5 note 20
- 2 cf. Möller, Hieratische Paläographie II, No. 618
Column 6.22
The Dual King Nubkara ... 30+ x years
nsw-bit nbw-kꜢ-rꜤ ... rnpt 30 ...
King
Amenemhat II (79th king)
Dynasty
XII (3)
Fragment(s)
67 + 64
Gardiner
V 22
The name is lost, but can only have held that of Amenemhat II, the predecessor of Senusret II (6.23). The ten-sign could be a 10, 20, or 30, but most likely 30, as Amenemhat II reigned for at least 35 years, for a likely total of 35–39 years.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 61 | | nbw-kꜢ.w-rꜤ | Nubkaura |
Saqqara Canon 17 | | nwb-kꜢ-rꜤ | Nubkara |
Karnak Canon 18 | | nbw-kꜢ.w-rꜤ | Nubkaura |
Africanus: XII (2) | — | Aμμανεμης | Ammanemēs (38 years) |
Eusebius: XII (2) | — | Aμμανεμης | Ammanemēs (38 years) |
Eratosthenes: 33 | — | Σταμμενεμης β | Stammenemēs II |
Column 6.23
The Dual King Khapheperra ... 19 years ...
nsw-bit ḫꜤ-ḫpr-rꜤ ... rnpt 19 ...
King
Senusret II (80th king)
Dynasty
XII (4)
Fragment(s)
67
Gardiner
V 23
The name is lost, but was likely that of Senusret II. The partial ten-sign could be a 10/20/30, but most likely a 10. Below that is the sublinear tail of a nine, yielding a very probable 19-year reign. Manetho's Sesostris was probably a conflation of the two kings with the same name, or misunderstood by the redactor of the Epitome.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 62 | | ḫꜤ-ḫpr-rꜤ | Khakheperra |
Saqqara Canon 18 | | ḫꜤ-ḫpr-rꜤ | Khakheperra |
Africanus: XII (3) | — | Σεσωστρις | Sesōstris (48 years) |
Eusebius: XII (3) | — | Σεσωστρις | Sesōstris (48 years) |
Column 6.24
The Dual King Nebkaura ... 30+ x years
nsw-bit ḫꜤ-kꜢ-rꜤ ... rnpt 30 ...
King
Senusret III (81st king)
Dynasty
XII (5)
Fragment(s)
67
Gardiner
V 24
The name is lost, but most likely that of Senusret III. The 30-sign is certain; the subsequent number could be in the range of 1–8,1 for a total of 31-38 years. A nine is impossible, as the tail of a nine would have extended below the ten-sign.2 Manetho's Sesostris was probably a conflation of the two kings with the same name, or misunderstood by the redactor of the Epitome.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 63 | | ḫꜤ-kꜢ.w-rꜤ | Khakaura |
Saqqara Canon 19 | | ḫꜤ-kꜢ-rꜤ | Khakara |
Karnak Canon 32 | | ḫꜤ-kꜢ-rꜤ | Khakara |
Africanus: XII (3) | — | Σεσωστρις | Sesōstris (48 years) |
Eusebius: XII (3) | — | Σεσωστρις | Sesōstris (48 years) |
Herodotus: 102.1 | — | Σεσωστρις | Sesōstris |
Eratosthenes: 34 | — | Σιστοσιχερμης | Sistosikhermēs (55 years) |
- 1 Gardiner 1959: 16 (V 24 a)
- 2 Sethe 1904: 39
Column 6.25
The Dual King Nimaatra ... 40 + x years
nsw-bit ni-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ ... rnpt 40 ...
King
Amenemhat III (82nd king)
Dynasty
XII (6)
Fragment(s)
67
Gardiner
V 25
The name is lost, but most likely that of Amenemhat III. The 40-sign is certain, but any extra years are lost. His highest attested date is year 46,1 and probably had a long coregency (c. 20 years) with his father Senusret II,2 and shorter coregency with his son, Amenemhat IV.
Other sources
Source | Cartouche | Name | Transcription |
---|
Abydos Canon 64 | | ni-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ | Nimaatra |
Saqqara Canon 20 | | ni-[mꜢꜤt]-rꜤ | Nimaatra |
Africanus: XXI (4) | — | Λαχαρης | Lakharēs (8 years) |
Eusebius: XII (4) | — | Λαμαρις | Lamaris (8 years) |
Herodotus: 101.1 | — | Μοιριος | Moirios |
Eratosthenes: 35 | — | Μαρης | Marēs (43 years) |
- 1 Griffith 1897: 40, pls. 14-15. (Papyrus Kahun VI 19 recto)
- 2 Thomas Schneider, "The Relative Chronology", 172f.