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 ("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.

Drawing of the Saqqara King List as seen in 1904.

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	Menkauhor
2	Qa'a	Qebehu	31	Djedkare	Maatkare
3	Hotepsekhemwy	Baunetjer	32	Unas	Unis
4	Raneb	Kakau	33	Teti	Teti
5	Nynetjer	Banetjeru	34	Pepi I Meryre	Pepi
6	Wneg	Wadjlas	35	Merenre Nemtyemsaf I	Merenre
7	Senedj	Senedj	36	Pepi II Neferkare	Neferkare
8	Seth-Peribsen?	Neferkare	37	Sobekneferu	Sobekkare
9	Sekhemib-Perenmaat?	Neferkasokar	38	Amenemhat IV	Maakherure
10	Hudjefa	Sign for name missing	39	Amenemhat III	Nimaatre
11	Khasekhemwy	Beby	40	Senusret III	Khakhaure
12	Djoser	Djoser	41	Senusret II	Khakheperre
13	Sekhemkhet	Djoserteti	42	Amenemhat II	Nubkaure
14	Khaba	Nebkare	43	Senusret I	Kheperkare
15	Huni	Huni	44	Amenemhat I	Sehetepibre
16	Sneferu	Sneferu	45	Mentuhotep III	Seankhkare
17	Khufu	Khufu	46	Mentuhotep II	Nebhepetre
18	Djedefra	Djedefre	47	Ahmose I	Nebpehtire
19	Khafra	Khafra	48	Amenhotep I	Djeserkare
20	Menkaura	Menkaure	49	Thutmose I	Aakheperkare
21	Shepseskaf	Name destroyed.	50	Thutmose II	Aakheperenre
22	Djedefptah	Name destroyed.	51	Thutmose III	Menkheperre
23	Bicheris?	Name destroyed.	52	Amenhotep II	Aakheperure
24	Thamphthis?	Name destroyed.	53	Thutmose IV	Menkheperure
25	Userkaf	Userkaf	54	Amenhotep III	Nebmaatre
26	Sahure	Sahure	55	Horemheb	Djeserkheperure Setepenre
27	Neferirkare Kakai	Neferirkare	56	Ramses I	Menpehtyre
28	Shepseskare Isi	Shepseskare	57	Seti I	Menmaatre
29	Neferefre	Khaneferre	58	Ramses II	Usermaatre Setepenre

Other New Kingdom royal lists

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.

[1] Robert Morkot. The Egyptians: An Introduction. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0415271037. Page 74.

[2] Quoted from: Gerald Verbrugghe, John Moore Wickersham. Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated. University of Michigan Press, 2001. Page 104.

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