Abydos King List (Ramesses II)

Fragmentary Abydos King's List from the temple of Ramesses II at Abydos, now at the British Museum.

The Abydos King List of Ramesses II, also known as the Fragmentary Abydos King List or the Fragmentary Abydos Table, is a list of kings of Ancient Egypt. Just like with the Abydos King List created by Seti I, Ramesses II's copy also lists pharaohs of ancient pharaohs. Due to it's condiction and it being a copy of Seti's list, Ramesses's list is often ignored. The fragments of his lists were removed by the French consul and sold to the British Museum..

It was written on a wall of the Temple of Ramesses II at Abydos, Egypt. The surviving list has two rows of cartouches (borders around the name of a king) in each row. The upper two rows list the kings, while the third row repeats Ramesses II's throne name and praenomen.

It lists the Old Kingdom kings in the order in which they ruled. Due to it's condiction, not all pharaohs have their names on the list.

This names of some earlier pharaohs who were not seen to be lawful rulers — such as Akhenaten, Hatshepsut, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamen, and Ay, have been left out of the list.

The king list[change | change source]

The names are listed in reverse chronological order from the upper right to the bottom left, as they were meant to be read.

Upper row			Middle row
No.	Pharaoh	Name written in the list	No.	Pharaoh	Name written in the list
1-8	Names destroyed.	Names destroyed.	27-34	Names destroyed.	Names destroyed.
9	Name destroyed.	Name destroyed.	35	Amenemhat II	Nebukaura
10	Name destroyed.	Name destroyed.	36	Senusret II	Khakheperura
11	Name destroyed.	Name destroyed.	37	Senusret III	Khakaura
12	Name destroyed.	Name destroyed.	38	Amenemhat III	Nimaatra
13	Merenre Nemtyemsaf II	Merenre Saemsaf	39	Amenemhat IV	Maakherura
14	Netjerkare	Netjerka(ra)	40	Ahmose I	Nebpehtyra
15	Menkare	Menkara	41	Amenhotep I	Djoserkara
16	Neferkare II	Neferkare	42	Thutmose I	Aakheperkara
17	Neferkare Neby	Neferkara Nebseneb	43	Thutmose II	Aakheperenra
18	Djedkare Shemai	Djedkara Shemai	44	Thutmose III	Menkheperra
19	Neferkare Khendu	Neferkara Khendu	45	Amenhotep II	Aakheperura
20	Merenhor	Merenhor	46	Thutmose IV	Menkheperura
21	Neferkamin	Seneferka	47	Amenhotep III	Nebmaatra
22	Nikare	Nikara	48	Horemheb	Djoserkheperu Setepenre
23	Neferkare Tereru	Neferkara Tereru	49	Ramesses I	Menpehtira
24	Neferkahor	Neferka(Hor)	50	Seti I	Menmaatra
25	Neferkare Pepiseneb	Neferkara Pepiseneb	51	Ramesses II	Usermaatra-setepenra
26	Neferkamin Anu	Sneferka Anu	52	Ramesses II	Ramesses Meryamun

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