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Ramesses VI

The fifth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty
Prenomen: Nebmaatra meryamun
Accession 1145 BC
End of reign 1137 BC
Duration 8 years
Highest attested year Year 8
The fifth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty, Ramesses VI, was not the son of his predecessor but rather a son of Ramesses III. He usurped the tomb of Ramesses V (KV9) which during construction inadvertently buried the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun, keeping it safe from plunderers for 3000 years.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

kA-nxt aA-nxtw sanx-tAwj
Ka nakht aa nakhtu sankh tawy
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫtw sꜤnḫ-tꜢwꞽ
"The strong bull, whose victories are great, he who gives life to the Two Lands"
Epigraphic Survey, Medinet Habu, II, plate 102, usurped
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:H1
kA-nxt aA-nxtw sanx-tAwj
Ka nakht aa nakhtu sankh tawy
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫtw sꜤnḫ-tꜢwꞽ
"The strong bull, whose victories are great, he who gives life to the Two Lands"
CG 42152
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:H2
kA-nxt aA-nxt(w)
Ka nakht aa nakhtu
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫt(w)
"The strong bull, whose victories are great"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:H3·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:Text III, 201
kA-nxt aA-nxt(w)
Ka nakht aa nakhtu
kꜢ-nḫt ꜤꜢ-nḫt(w)
"The strong bull, whose victories are great"
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 372
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:H4
wsr-HpS hd-Hfnw
User khepesh hed hefenu
wsr-ḥpš hd-ḥfnw
"He whose blow is powerful, he whose attacks are countless"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:N1
wsr-HpS hd-Hfnw
User khepesh hed hefenu
wsr-ḥpš hd-ḥfnw
"He whose blow is powerful, he whose attacks are countless"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:N2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 224d
wsr-rnpwt-mj-tA-Tnn
User renput mi Tatenen
wsr-rnpwt-mꞽ-tꜢ-ṯnn
"Rich in years like Tatenen"
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 372
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:G1
wsr-rnpwt-mj-tA-Tnn
User renput mi Tatenen
wsr-rnpwt-mꞽ-tꜢ-ṯnn
"Rich in years like Tatenen"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:G2
nb-mAat-ra mrj-jmn
Neb Maat Ra, mery Amun
nb-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Lord of the Maat like Ra, beloved of Amun"
Tomb KV9, Passim
Petrie, Koptos, plate XIX, bottom
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:T2
nb-mAat-ra mrj-jmn
Neb Maat Ra, mery Amun
nb-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Lord of the Maat like Ra, beloved of Amun"
Left wall just inside Tomb KV9
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:T1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 224d
nb-mAat-ra mrj-jmn
Neb Maat Ra, mery Amun
nb-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Lord of the Maat like Ra, beloved of Amun"
Naville, Bubastis, plate XXXVIII (H)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:T3
ra-msj-sw jmn-Hr-xpS.f nTr-HqA-jwnw
Ramessu Amun her khepeshef netjer heqa Iunu
rꜤ-msꞽ-sw ꞽmn-ḥr-ḫpš.f nṯr-ḥḳꜢ-ꞽwnw
"Ramesses, Amun is his force, god and ruler of Heliopolis"
Tomb KV9, passim
Found throughout the tomb.
ra-msj-sw jmn-Hr-xpS.f nTr-HqA-jwnw
Ramessu Amun her khepeshef netjer heqa Iunu
rꜤ-msꞽ-sw ꞽmn-ḥr-ḫpš.f nṯr-ḥḳꜢ-ꞽwnw
"Ramesses, Amun is his force, god and ruler of Heliopolis"
Naville, Bubastis, plate XXXVIII (H)
ra-msj-sw jmn-Hr-xpS.f nTr-HqA-jwnw
Ramessu, Amun her khepeshef, netjer heqa Iunu
rꜤ-msꞽ-sw ꞽmn-ḥr-ḫpš.f nṯr-ḥḳꜢ-ꞽwnw
"Ramesses, Amun is his force, god and ruler of Heliopolis"
Left wall just inside Tomb KV9
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:170-171, 5:E5·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 224d

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