5/13/2023 0 Comments Egyptian pharaoh names![]() ![]() It asserts that the king is the earthly embodiment of the god Horus, patron of the Egyptian kings, and is generally inscribed within a Serekh (a rectangular form representing the palace wall). The oldest known part of the royal titulary is the Horus-name (sometimes also called the banner-name or the Ka-name). The king was sometimes introduced as hm-k (“your majesty”) or hm-f (“his majesty”). The terms Nsw (usually translated as “king” but strictly it means “king of Upper Egypt“), Ity (“sovereign”), and Heqa (“ruler”) were most commonly used. However, the word “Pharaoh” is a corruption of the word Pr-a’a (“great house”) and “Egypt” itself is based on the term “hwt-ka-ptah” (The name of Ptah’s temple in Memphis).Īlthough the term pharaoh was used to refer to the king, the first recorded instance of this connection is in the reign of Thuthmosis III (dynasty eighteen). ![]() A great deal of importance was ascribed to names in Ancient Egypt.
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