By Ronald J. Leprohon
The titulary of the traditional Egyptian king used to be one of many symbols of authority he assumed at his coronation. firstly consisting merely of the Horus identify, the titulary grew to incorporate different words selected to symbolize the king s specific courting with the divine international. through the center nation (late twenty-first century B.C.E.), the entire fivefold titulary used to be essentially confirmed, and kings henceforth used all 5 names usually. This quantity comprises all rulers names from the so-called Dynasty zero (ca. 3200 B.C.E.) to the final Ptolemaic ruler within the overdue first century B.C.E., provided in transliteration and English translation with an creation and notes.
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Snefru himself built a pyramid at the site of Meidum and two others at Dahshur. The amount of stone quarried for these pyramids exceeds that of the Great Pyramid. Snefru was succeeded by his son Khufu (Greek Cheops), under whose reign the Great Pyramid was built on the limestone plateau at Giza, the last surviving one of the famed classical Seven Wonders of the World. This was followed by two additional pyramids at the site, those of Khafre and Menkaure. Never again would Egypt repeat such an extraordinary undertaking.
The name Djoser, by which this king is better known, appears only in later records. It is attested as early as the Middle Kingdom in Pap. Westcar (1,14) and on a seated figure of Djoser dedicated by King Senwosret II in Karnak Temple (statue Berlin 7702, for which see Roeder 1913, 144; Wildung 2003, 75–76; and Baud 2007, 78–79). It is also known from the Ramesside Lists: Saqqara List (no. 12) offers the short moniker Djoser, while the Abydos List (no. ” By the Ptolemaic period, the king was certainly known by the two names Netjerikhet and Djoser, as shown on the famous Famine Stela, for which see Barguet 1953; and Ritner 2003, 387.
109. For an easily accessible review of the site, see von der Way 1999. 110. Baines and Málek 1980, 170. 111. For concise summaries of the difficulties of interpreting the archaeological evidence from this period, see Bard 2000, 61–65; and Köhler 2011, among others. 113 Whether such references to Upper and Lower Egyptian entities in the royal titulary reflected a subjugation of the north by the south, the fact remains that, as early as the First Dynasty, part of the titulary referred to two goddesses who represented important ancient sites from Upper and Lower Egypt, respectively.