Rahotep

The first pharaoh of the Seventeenth Dynasty

Prenomen: Sekhemra wahkhau

Also known as: Rehotep

Accession 1580 BC

End of reign 1576 BC

Duration 4 years

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

Wah ankh

wꜢḥ-Ꜥnḫ

"Enduring of life"

Petrie, Koptos (1896), pl. 12 (3)

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:124-125, 2:H

User renput

wsr-rnpwt

"Rich in years"

Petrie, Koptos (1896), pl. 12 (3)

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:124-125, 2:N

Wadj..

wꜢḏ..

"Flourishing of ..."

Petrie, Koptos (1896), pl. 12 (3)

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:124-125, 2:G

Sekhem Ra wah khau

sḫm-rꜤ wꜤḥ-ḫꜤw

"The powerful one of Ra is enduring of appearances"

Hieroglyphic texts from Egyptian stelae, etc., in the British Museum (1913), IV, pl. 24 (EA283)

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:124-125, 2:T1

[Sekhem] Ra wah khau

[sḫm]-rꜤ wꜢḥ-ḫꜤw

"The powerful one of Ra is enduring of appearances"

The sekhem sign is missing

Karnak Canon48·Beckerath, “Handbuch”:124-125, 2:T2

Ra hotep

rꜤ-ḥtp

"Ra is satisfied"

Petrie, Koptos (1896), pl. 12 (3)

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:124-125, 2:E1

Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 18 (1912): pp. 88–89
Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2 ed., MÄS 49 (1999): pp. 124–125
Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. pp. 89
Baker. D. D., 2008. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I. pp. 341–343