GIF - Ramesses III

ꕤ Ramesses III ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Best with dabke music (press play)  El Dabka-Egypt ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Music Peter Pringle Egyptian Song Link words of song from ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll circa 1500 BC Era of: Tutankhamun Queen Hatshepsut 'heretic king' Akenaten & wife Queen Nefertiti instrument 22string Egyptian New Kingdom harp ('djedjet') *Egyptians only wrote words (not the accompanying music) [ *music after Ramesses III time ]   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntnBuQAvFjA ---------------------- ꕤ ----------------------  Ramesses III (ca. 1185 BC – 1153 BC) Horus name:                Kanakht Aanesyt Nebty name:                Werhebusedmitatjenen Golden Falcon name:   Userrenputmiatum Prenomen:                    Usermaatre-meryamun Nomen:                         Ramesses Heqaiunu http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Ramesses_III.html source https://www.preceden.com/timelines/210128-world-civilizations ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Pharaohs Great Five Names 1. The Horus Name | now Serekh Name oldest attested name/title of Egyptian kings consists of three elements: (1) palace façade; (2) Horus falcon standing on it; & (3) name of written within palace façade frame. modern reference:   'serekh name' (*as not all pharoah palace Horus falcon on serekh (palace façade)) Two elements: 1.  sitting or walking figure of deity holding rectangular ornamental illustration of floor-plan of palace façade & royal courtyard. Ornamental illustration called 'serekh' (fm Egyptian 'façade') 2.  Name of Pharaoh written inside free space representing royal courtyard. Most cases, falcon of god Horus was deity on top of serekh. Late Naqada III period (3,200 BC - 3,030 BC) -- kings started to write name inside serekhs 2nd Dynasty at least 2 names contradict Horus tradition: 1)  king Seth-Peribsen - replaced falcon with walking animal of god seth (composite man-animal). (name written in plural, thus addressing both Seth & Horus) 2) likewise:  Sekhemib & Khasekhemwy Khasekhemwy - place both figures of Horus & Seth above serekh (dualism) 2. Nebty name (lit. 'two ladies') 'heraldic' goddesses of Upper & Lower Egypt Nekhbet, patron deity of Upper Egypt, represented by vulture Wadjet, patron deity of Lower Egypt, represented by cobra cartouche or serekh 3. Golden Horus Name form of pharaoh name featuring image of a Horus falcon perched above or beside the hieroglyph for gold triumph of Horus over his uncle Seth; or Horus superior to his foes gold associated with eternity / eternal Horus name of Pharaoh typically not framed by cartouche or serekh 4. Throne name (prenomen) first of the 2 names written inside a cartouche accompanied by title (nsw-bity & var.) ie title, 'She/He of the Sedge & Bee' translated as 'King of Upper & Lower Egypt' (per respective symbols) 5. Personal name (nomen) name given at birth preceded by the title 'Son of Ra' written as:  hieroglyph of a duck (za) adjacent to symbol of sun (for solar god Ra) [ 'son of' must be the duck  ] Modern historians refer to Pharaohs by personal name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_royal_titulary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus_name ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Records of the Harem Conspiracy against Ramses III The Judicial Turin Papyrus, Rollin Papyrus and Lee Papyrus http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/texts/judicial_turin_papyrus.htm Some other interesting texts http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/texts/index.html ꕤ