Saqqara Tablet
The Saqqara Tablet in the Egyptian Museum contains one of several lists of Egyptian pharaohs surviving from the Ramesside Period. It was found in 1861 in the Saqqara tomb of Tjenry (or Tjuneroy), an official ("chief lector priest" and "Overseer of Works on All Royal Monuments") of Ramesses II.[1]
The inscription lists 58 kings from Anedjib and Qa'a (1st dynasty) to Ramesses II (19th dynasty) in reverse chronological order, omitting "rulers from the Second Intermediate Period, the Hyksos, and those rulers... who had been close to the heretic Akhenaten".[2]
The cartouches (of which only 47 survive) are badly damaged. Inaccuracies abound, e.g., the tablet mentions only four rulers from the 3rd dynasty. The chronology is correct only for the kings of the 12th dynasty.
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[edit] Kings in the list
| Bottom Row | Top Row | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pharaoh | Name written in the list | No. | Pharaoh | Name written in the list |
| 1 | Anedjib | Merbapen | 30 | Menkauhor | Men-kau-hor |
| 2 | Qa'a | Qe-behu | 31 | Djedkare | Maat-ka-ra |
| 3 | Hotepsekhemwy | Bau-netjer | 32 | Unas | Unis |
| 4 | Raneb | Kakau | 33 | Teti | Teti |
| 5 | Nynetjer | Ba-netjeru | 34 | Pepi I Meryre | Pepi |
| 6 | Wneg | Wadjlas | 35 | Merenre Nemtyemsaf I | Mer-en-ra |
| 7 | Senedj | Senedj | 36 | Pepi II Neferkare | Nefer-ka-ra |
| 8 | Seth-Peribsen? | Nefer-ka-ra | 37 | Sobekneferu | Sobek-ka-ra |
| 9 | Sekhemib-Perenmaat? | Nefer-ka-sokar | 38 | Amenemhat IV | Maat-kheru-ra |
| 10 | Hudjefa | "Name missing" | 39 | Amenemhat III | Ni-maat-ra |
| 11 | Khasekhemwy | Beby | 40 | Senusret III | Kha-khau-ra |
| 12 | Djoser | Djoser | 41 | Senusret II | Kha-kheper-ra |
| 13 | Sekhemkhet | Djoser-teti | 42 | Amenemhat II | Nub-kau-ra |
| 14 | Khaba | Neb-ka-ra | 43 | Senusret I | Kheper-ka-ra |
| 15 | Huni | Huni | 44 | Amenemhat I | Se-hetep-ib-ra |
| 16 | Sneferu | Sneferu | 45 | Mentuhotep III | Se-ankh-ka-ra |
| 17 | Khufu | Khufu | 46 | Mentuhotep II | Nebhepetre |
| 18 | Djedefra | Djed-ef-re | 47 | Ahmose I | Neb-pehti-ra |
| 19 | Khafra | Kha-f-ra | 48 | Amenhotep I | Djeser-ka-ra |
| 20 | Menkaura | Name destroyed. | 49 | Thutmose I | Aa-kheper-ka-ra |
| 21 | Shepseskaf | Name destroyed. | 50 | Thutmose II | Aa-kheper-en-ra |
| 22 | Djedefptah | Name destroyed. | 51 | Thutmose III | Men-kheper-ra |
| 23 | Bicheris? | Name destroyed. | 52 | Amenhotep II | Aa-kheperu-ra |
| 24 | Thamphthis? | Name destroyed. | 53 | Thutmose IV | Men-kheperu-ra |
| 25 | Userkaf | User-ka-f | 54 | Amenhotep III | Neb-maat-ra |
| 26 | Sahure | Sahura | 55 | Horemheb | Djeser-kheperu-ra Setep-en-ra |
| 27 | Neferirkare Kakai | Nefer-ir-ka-ra | 56 | Ramses I | Men-pehty-ra |
| 28 | Shepseskare Isi | Shepses-ka-ra | 57 | Seti I | Men-maat-ra |
| 29 | Neferefre | Kha-nefer-ra | 58 | Ramses II | User-maat-ra Setep-en-ra |
[edit] Other New Kingdom royal lists
[edit] References
- ^ Robert Morkot. The Egyptians: An Introduction. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0415271037. Page 74.
- ^ Quoted from: Gerald Verbrugghe, John Moore Wickersham. Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated. University of Michigan Press, 2001. Page 104.
[edit] Bibliography
- Auguste Mariette: La table de Saqqarah in Revue Archeologique Vol 10, Paris 1864, p. 168-186, Pl. 17
- Auguste Mariette: Monuments divers recueillis en Égypte et en Nubie (Tables), Paris 1872, Vol. II, Pl. 58
- Eduard Meyer: Ägyptische Chronologie, Pl. 1, (Berlin 1904)
