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Setnakht in hieroglyphs

first pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty
Prenomen: Userkhaura setepenra meryamun
Also known as: Setnakhte
Accession1190 BC
End of reign1186 BC
Duration4 years
Highest attested yearYear 3-4
The Harris papyrus mentions a time of anarchy and chaos (i.e. the last years of the nineteenth dynasty) from which Setnakht rose and restored order, gaining the throne in the process. He was probably a distant relative of the extended Ramesside royal family, or less likely, an usurper. His son Ramesses III would be the last great pharaoh of the New Kingdom. Manetho does not mention any names for the kings of this dynasty.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

kA-nxt wr-pHti
Ka nakht wer pehty
kꜢ-nḫt wr-pḥtꞽ
"The strong bull, great of might"
MDAIK, 28, plate 49
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:H
kA-nxt wr-pHti
Ka nakht wer pehty
kꜢ-nḫt wr-pḥtꞽ
"The strong bull, great of might"
Gardiner, Peet, Cerny, The Inscriptions of Sinai, I, plate LXXIII (271)
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions V, 1:7
twt-xaw-mi-TA-Tnn
Tut khau mi Tatenen
twt-ḫꜤw-mꞽ-ṯꜢ-ṯnn
"The image of appearances like Tatenen"
MDAIK, 28, plate 49
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:N
sxm-xpS dr-[Hr]w.f
Sekhem khepesh der heruf
sḫm-ḫpš dr-[ḥr]w.f
"Powerful of effectiveness, who has subdued his enemies"
MDAIK, 28, plate 49
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:G1
Haj-pDt an-m-snyt
Hai pedjut 9 an em nesyt
ḥꜤꞽ-pḏt Ꜥn-m-snyt
"Who has struck the Nine Bows, beautiful in kingship"
Gardiner, Peet, Cerny, The Inscriptions of Sinai, I, plate LXXIII (271)
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:G2
wsr-xaw-ra stp.n-ra mrj-jmn
User khau Ra, setep en Ra mery Amun
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Powerful are the forms of Ra, chosen of Ra, beloved of Amun"
Lepsius, Denkmäler III, 206d
wsr-xaw-ra stp.n-ra mrj-jmn
User khau Ra, setep en Ra mery Amun
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Powerful are the forms of Ra, chosen of Ra, beloved of Amun"
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions V, 5:1
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:T4
wsr-xaw-ra stp.n-ra mrj-jmn
User khau Ra, setep en Ra mery Amun
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Powerful are the forms of Ra, chosen of Ra, beloved of Amun"
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions V, 4:1,3
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:T5
wsr-xaw-ra stp.n-ra mrj-jmn
User khau Ra, setep en Ra mery Amun
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Powerful are the forms of Ra, chosen of Ra, beloved of Amun"
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:T6·Lepsius, Denkmäler III, 206a
wsr-xaw-ra stp.n-ra mrj-jmn
User khau Ra, setep en Ra mery Amun
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
Papyrus Harris, I, 75,7
Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, V, 91:15-16
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:T7
wsr-xaw-ra stp.n-ra
User khau Ra, setep en Ra
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ
"Powerful are the forms of Ra, chosen of Ra"
MDAIK, 28, plate 49
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:T1
wsr-xaw-ra stp.n-ra
User khau Ra, setep en Ra
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ stp.n-rꜤ
"Powerful are the forms of Ra, chosen of Ra"
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions V, 1:15
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:T2
wsr-xaw-ra mrj-jmn
User khau Ra, mery Amun
wsr-ḫꜤw-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Powerful are the forms of Ra, belived of Amun"
Mariette, Abydos, II, plate 52
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions V, 5:16
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:T3
stX-nxt(w) mrr-jmn-ra
Set nakht(e), merer Amun-Ra
stẖ-nḫt(w) mrr-ꞽmn-rꜤ
"Seth is victorious, beloved of Amun-Ra"
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:E3·Lepsius, Denkmäler III, 206d
stX-nxt(w) mrr-jmn-ra
Set nakht(e), merer Amun-Ra
stẖ-nḫt(w) mrr-ꞽmn-rꜤ
"Seth is victorious, beloved of Amun-Ra"
Papyrus Harris, I, 75,7
Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, V, 91:15-16
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:E5
stX-nxt(w) mrr-jmn-ra
Set nakht(e), merer Amun-Ra
stẖ-nḫt(w) mrr-ꞽmn-rꜤ
"Seth is victorious, beloved of Amun-Ra"
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions V, 3
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:E2
stX-nxt(w) mrr-jmn
Set nakht(e), merer Amun
stẖ-nḫt(w) mrr-ꞽmn
"Seth is victorious, beloved of Amun"
MDAIK, 28, plate 49
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:E1
stX-nxt(w) mrr-jmn
Set nakht(e), merer Amun-Ra
stẖ-nḫt(w) mrr-ꞽmn
"Seth is victorious, beloved of Amun-Ra"
Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions V, 3: (4b)
Beckerath, Handbuch: 164-165, 1:E4

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