The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary

by Ronald J Leprohon, Denise M Doxey (Editor)

Overview

This volume includes all rulers names, from a single original name through the growth of the five-fold titulary, from the so-called Dynasty 0 to the last Ptolemaic ruler, offered in transliteration and English translation with an introduction and notes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589837355
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	04/26/2013
Series:	Society of Biblical Literature: Writings from the Ancient World , #29
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Ronald J. Leprohon is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Toronto. He has written a number of articles publishing new artifacts, as well as a two-volume study of the ancient Egyptian funerary stelae in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His interests include the relationship between Egypt and Nubia, the administration of ancient Egypt, and ancient Egyptian religion.

Table of Contents

List of Figures ix

Series Editor's Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Chronological Table xv

Map of Egypt xvii

Abbreviations xix

I Introduction 1

1 Intended Audience and Previous Work 2

2 Sources Used 3

3 Notes on the Translations 3

4 Names and Their Importance 5

5 The Five Names of the King 7

5.1 Introductory Remarks 7

5.2 Choosing and Proclaiming the Titulary 9

5.3 The Horus Name 12

5.4 The Two Ladies Name 13

5.5 The Golden Horus Name 15

5.6 The Throne Name 17

5.7 The Birth Name 18

II Early Dynastic Period 21

III Old Kingdom 31

IV First Intermediate Period 49

V Middle Kingdom 54

VI Second Intermediate Period 81

VII New Kingdom 93

VIII Third Intermediate Period 136

IX Late Period 164

X The Macedonian and Ptolemaic Dynasties 175

Appendix A Index of Royal Names 189

Appendix B Alphabetical List of Kings 231

Appendix C Greek-Egyptian Equivalents of Royal Names 241

Bibliography 243

Indexes

Names of Kings 261

Deities 263

Personal Names 264

Place Names 265

Subjects 266

Sources 267

Concordances

Texts in Urkunden IV 269

Texts in Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions 269