Ramesses IX

Ramesses IX
Also written Ramses and Rameses
Portrait of Ramesses IX from his tomb KV6.
Portrait of Ramesses IX from his tomb KV6.
Pharaoh
Reign19 regnal years
died around age 50
1129–1111 BC
PredecessorRamesses VIII
SuccessorRamesses X
Royal titulary
Horus name
Kanakht Khaemwaset
K3-nḫt-ḫˁ-m-W3s.t
Strong bull, he who appears (is enthroned) in Waset
G5
E2
D40		 N28
Aa15		 R19X1
O49
Hieroglyphic variant:
G5
E2
D40		 mN28R19
Nebty name
Userkhepesh Sankhtawy
Wsr-ḫpš-sˁnḫ-t3.wj
He whose blow is powerful, he invigorates the two lands
G16F12T16S29S34M13M13

Hieroglyphic variant:
G16wsrsr
D43		 F23
D43		 G7sn
Aa1		 N19
N23 N23
Golden Horus
Userrenputmiredjet
Wsr-rnp.wt-mj-Rˁ-ḏt
He who is long-lived litt. rich in years like Ra, forever
G8F12S29M4X1

Z2		 W19N5
Z1		 D&t&N17

Variant:
wsr-rnpwt mi-ˁnḏti wr-nsyt dr-pḏt-9
He who is long-lived litt. rich in years like Andjety,
his kingdom is greater than the nine bows (the enemies of Egypt)
G8F12M4M4M4W19M17A23G36
D21		 M23X1M17M17Z3D46
D21		 D43
T10		 X1
Z2		 Z2
Z2
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Neferkare Setepenre
Nfr-k3-Rˁ-stp-n-Rˁ
Perfect is the Ka of Ra, the chosen one of Ra
M23
t		 L2
t		 <
C2nfrD28N5U19
n
>
Nomen
Ramesses Khaemwaset Mereramun
Rˁ msj sw ḫˁj m W3s.t mrr Jmn
Ra fashioned him, he appears in Waset, beloved of Amun
G39N5
N28C2R19C12N36M23F31sr&r
ConsortBaketwernel
ChildrenRamesses X?, Montuherkhepeshef, Nebmaatre
Fatherprobably Montuherkhopshef (son of Ramesses III)
Motherprobably Takhat
Died1111 BC
BurialKV6; Mummy found in the Deir el-Bahri royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Dynasty20th Dynasty

Neferkare Setepenre Ramesses IX (also written Ramses) (originally named Amon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset) (ruled 1129–1111 BC)[1] was the eighth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty after Ramesses III and Ramesses XI. He is now believed to have assumed the throne on I Akhet day 21 based on evidence presented by Jürgen von Beckerath in a 1984 GM article.[2][3] According to the latest archaeological information, Ramesses IX died in Regnal Year 19 I Peret day 27 of his reign.[4] Therefore, he enjoyed a reign of 18 years, 4 months and 6 days. His throne name, Neferkare Setepenre, means "Beautiful Is The Soul of Re, Chosen of Re."[5] Ramesses IX is believed to be the son of Mentuherkhepeshef, a son of Ramesses III, since Mentuherkhopshef's wife, the lady Takhat bears the prominent title of King's Mother on the walls of tomb KV10, which she usurped and reused in the late 20th Dynasty; no other 20th Dynasty king is known to have had a mother with this name.[6] Ramesses IX was, therefore, probably a grandson of Ramesses III.[7]

  1. ^ R. Krauss & D.A. Warburton "Chronological Table for the Dynastic Period" in Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill, 2006. p.493
  2. ^ J. von Beckerath, Drei Thronbesteigungsdaten der XX. Dynastie, (Three accession dates of the 20th Dynasty), Göttinger Miszellen 79 (1984), pp.7-9 Beckerath's article discusses the accession dates of Ramesses VI, IX and X
  3. ^ Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Handbook of Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill: 2006, p.216
  4. ^ J. von Beckerath, MDAIK 40, 1984, pp.3-4
  5. ^ Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2006 paperback, p.167
  6. ^ Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, 1991, Christian Settipani, p.153, 169, 173 & 175
  7. ^ Mummy of Ramesses the Ninth Eternal Egypt