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The Royal titulary

The full titulary was announced at the

coronation, when a pharaoh officially
Also known as: Snefru, Snofru Dynasty IV became king.

According to Manetho, Sneferu ruled for 29 years, but the Turin King-list only list 24 years.
Reign of Sneferu
It is now known that he ruled at least three years past the highest attested dating of 24 AE Chronology 2543&2510
years, he probably ruled in excess of 30 years, which would go a long way to explain how von Beckerath 2614&2579
he managed to have three pyramids built. Shaw 2613&2589
Dodson 2520&2470 Horus name
Allen 2575&2551 The oldest form of a pharaoh's name,
Malek 2573&2549 often enclosed in a serekh, a sort of
Arnold 2600&2555 "heraldic crest" representing a palace
Redford 2649&2609 facade.
Turin Canon 24 years
Manetho ]Africanus) 29 years

Nebty name
The "Two Ladies", the heraldic
goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet,

The Royal Titulary

representing Upper and Lower Egypt
respectively.
From the hieroglyphic records

Golden Horus name

Gold was strongly associated with
eternity, but the meaning of this title is
disputed.

Throne name
(prenomen) Announced at the
coronation, and written in a cartouche.

Personal name
(nomen) The name given at birth, also
HORUS NAME VARIANT written in a cartouche.

Neb Maat Sneferu

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The Lord of Maat, has made me perfect Turin king list
nb:U1bAa11:t-s-nfr-r:w 223 kings – Dynasty 19

Schott, Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1956, 67, fig. 5
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 52b53, 1iE1 Abydos Canon
76 kings – Dynasty 19

Saqqara Canon
58 kings – Dynasty 19

Karnak Canon
61 kings – Dynasty 18

Comparing the canons

Abydos, Saqqara and Karnak

Ramesseum Canon
Ramesses II Mortuary Temple

Medinet Habu Canon

Ramesses III Mortuary Temple

Ancient historians

Herodotus
450 BC & Histories

Manetho
250 BC & Aegyptiaca

Diodorus
50 BC & Bibliotheca Historica

Josephus
100 CE & Against Apion

Africanus
220 CE & Chronographai

Eusebius
325 CE & Chronicon

Jerome
380 CE & Chronicon

Syncellus
800 CE & Egloga Chronographai

Eratosthenes
Probably a forgery (date unknown)
THRONE NAME VARIANT
Comparing the sources
Transmission of Manetho
by Africanus et. al.

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Abydos king list 20

Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 52b53, 1iE3

THRONE NAME VARIANT

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Royal Canon of Turin 4.6

Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin ]1959l, IIIi9
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 52b53, 1iE5

THRONE NAME VARIANT

Sneferu*
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Karnak king list 2

Cairo Museum JE 38568
relief from Wadi Maghara, Sinai
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), II, 2a
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 52b53, 1iE2

THRONE NAME VARIANT

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Westcar Papyrus, 6.19

The sources of antiquity

From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity

Author Greek Transliteration Transcription Reign

Africanus iv, 1 Σωρις Soris Soris 29 years

Bibliography

Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 ]1999li 52&53

Baker. D. D. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I & Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300&1069 BC ]London, 2008l, 386&389

Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 17 ]1907li 61&71

Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary ]Atlanta, 2013l, 35

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