- Saqqara Tablet
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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.
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
- Abydos king list
- Karnak king list
- Turin King List
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.
Categories:- Ancient Egyptian King lists
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