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The Royal titulary

The full titulary was announced at the

coronation, when a pharaoh officially
Argead Dynasty became king.

Reign of Alexander the Great

332&323

Horus name
The oldest form of a pharaoh's name,
often enclosed in a serekh, a sort of

The Royal Titulary "heraldic crest" representing a palace

facade.
From the hieroglyphic records

Nebty name
The "Two Ladies", the heraldic
goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet,
representing Upper and Lower Egypt
respectively.

Golden Horus name

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

HORUS NAME VARIANT

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

Heqa qeni
ḥḳꜢ-ḳni
The brave ruler Personal name
(nomen) The name given at birth, also
SVHqA-q:n:nw-D40
written in a cartouche.
Karnak F 377 (room XXIX\
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), IV, 3a
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 232V233, 1bH2

HORUS NAME VARIANT

Kinglists

Turin king list

223 kings – Dynasty 19
Heqa qeni teken khasut
Abydos Canon
ḥḳꜢ-ḳni tkn-ḫꜢswt
76 kings – Dynasty 19
The brave ruler who has attacked foreign lands
HqA-q:n:nw:D40-t:k:n:D54VN25bN25bN25 Saqqara Canon
Sanctuary of Alexander facade at Akhmenu Hall in Karnak 58 kings – Dynasty 19
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), Text III, 32
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 232V233, 1bH3
Karnak Canon
61 kings – Dynasty 18
HORUS NAME VARIANT
Comparing the canons
Abydos, Saqqara and Karnak

Ramesseum Canon
Heqa heqau nu ta er djeref Ramesses II Mortuary Temple

ḥḳꜢ ḥḳꜢw nw tꜢ (r) ḏr=f Medinet Habu Canon

The ruler of the rulers of the entire land Ramesses III Mortuary Temple
HqA-q-HqAVHqA-q-N33AV-nw-N33AVVN17bN34-r:f

Pedestal from the temple of Alexander at the Bahariya Oasis

Bosch-Puche, The Egyptian Royal Titulary of Alexander, JEA, 99, 134V136

Ancient historians
HORUS NAME VARIANT
Herodotus
450 BC & Histories

Manetho
250 BC & Aegyptiaca
Tjema a
ṯmꜢ-Ꜥ Diodorus
The sturdy-armed one 50 BC & Bibliotheca Historica

T:mA-a
Josephus
Clepsydra fragment, Hermitage Museum no. 2507a 100 CE & Against Apion
Bosch-Puche, The Egyptian Royal Titulary of Alexander, JEA, 99, 134

Africanus
220 CE & Chronographai

Eusebius
325 CE & Chronicon

Jerome
380 CE & Chronicon

Syncellus
800 CE & Egloga Chronographai

Eratosthenes
Probably a forgery (date unknown)

Comparing the sources

Transmission of Manetho
by Africanus et. al.

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THRONE NAME VARIANT

Setep en Ra mery Amun

stp.n-rꜤ mri-imn
Chosen by Ra and beloved of Amun
mr\VC12A\VC2A-stp:n

Urkunden des Ägyptische Alterthums, II, 6

Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 232V233, 1bT3

BIRTH NAME VARIANT

Aleksendres
Ꜥlksndrs
Alexandros (Alexander)
A-l:k:z-n:d:r:z

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), IV, 3a

Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 232V233, 1bE2

BIRTH NAME VARIANT

Aleksindres
Ꜥlksindrs
Alexandros (Alexander)
A-l:k-s-i-n:d:r:z

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), IV, 4a

Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 232V233, 1bE3

Bibliography

Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 o1999\b 232&233

Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 20 o1915\b 199&203

Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary oAtlanta, 2013\, 175&176

Bosch–Puche, F. The Egyptian Royal Titulary of Alexander, JEA 99 o2013\b 131&154; JEA 100 o2014\b 89&109

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