Siamun

The sixth pharaoh of the Twenty-First Dynasty

Prenomen: Netjerikheperra

Accession 986 BC

End of reign 967 BC

Duration 19 years

Highest attested year 17 years

Despite reigning for almost two decades, very little is known about his origins or even his reign.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

Ka nakht mery Maat, sa mery en Amun, per em hau.ef

kꜢ-nḫt mrꞽ-mꜢꜤt sꜢ mrꞽ n ꞽmn pr m ḫꜤw.f

"The strong bull, beloved of Maat, the beloved son of Amun, who issued from his limbs"

Petrie, Tanis, II, plate VIII (146)

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:180-181, 6:H1

Ka nakht mery Maat

kꜢ-nḫt mrꞽ-mꜢꜤt

"The strong bull, beloved of Maat"

Petrie, The palace of Apries (Memphis II), plate 24

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:180-181, 6:H2

Netjeri kheper Ra, setep en Amun

nṯrꞽ-ḫpr-rꜤ stp.n-ꞽmn

"The divine one is a manifestation of Ra, chosen by Amun"

Petrie, The palace of Apries (Memphis II), plate 24

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:180-181, 6:T1

Netjeri kheper Ra, mery Amun

nṯrꞽ-ḫpr-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn

"The divine one is a manifestation of Ra, beloved of Amun"

Munier, Un achat de terrains au temps du roi Si-amon, RecChamp (1923): 361–6

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:180-181, 6:T2

Siamun

zꜢ-ꞽmn

"Son of Amun"

Kruchten, Les annales des pretres de Karnak, OLA 32 (1989): pl. 2 (3b)

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:180-181, 6:E2

Siamun mery Amun

zꜢ-ꞽmn mrꞽ-ꞽmn

"Son of Amun, beloved of Amun"

Petrie, The palace of Apries (Memphis II), plate 24

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:180-181, 6:E1

Author	Greek	Transcription	Reign
Africanus _{xxi, 6}	Ψιναχης	Psinaches	9 years
Eusebius _{xxi, 6}	Ψιναχης	Psinaches	9 years
Jerome		Pinaches	9 years

Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 19 (1913): pp. 294–298
Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2 ed., MÄS 49 (1999): pp. 180–181
Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. pp. 141