Hieroglyph from Augustus's prenomen

Augustus

ḥḳꜢ-ḥḳꜢw stp-n-ptḥ

First Roman emperor who ruled Egypt as a personal possession after defeating Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

Reign
27 BC–14 CE
Dynasty
Roman Emperors
Period
Romanc. 27 BC – 313 CE
Also known as
Imperator Caesar Augustus

Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

2 of 5 documented
V13
U2Z1
D40G36
D21
F9F9
V28
Z7W24
A17F35M30U6X1N29S38N29S38Z3
U21N35
Q3X1
V28
W24W24W24
N1
N35N35N35
X2I9
R8Z3
ṯmꜢ-Ꜥ wr-pḥti͗ ḥwnw-bnr-mrwt ḥḳꜢ-ḥḳꜢw stp-n-ptḥ-nnw-i͗t-nṯrwThe sturdy-armed one with great strength, the youth sweet of love, ruler of rulers, chosen of Ptah and Nun, the father of the gods
2 sources
  • Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, I, plates XLIII—XLVI
  • Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 248-249, 1:H1
1 variant

Horus Name variant A

D46
U2Z1
D36
G43D21
F9F9
Z9D40
V28
E34N35
W24Z7
A17F35M30U6X1

ṯmꜢ-Ꜥ wr-pḥti͗ ḥwnw-bnr-mrwt

The sturdy-armed one with great strength, the youth sweet of love

A23EA23EA23EA23E
U21N35
Q3X1
V28
ḥḳꜢ-ḥḳꜢw stp-n-ptḥ"Ruler of rulers, chosen by Ptah"
2 sources
  • Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, Text II, 184
  • Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 248-249, 1:T1
14 variants

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A

S38S38Z3
U21N35
Q3X1
V28Q1
X1H8
N36

ḥḳꜢ-ḥḳꜢw stp-n-ptḥ mri͗-Ꜣst

Ruler of rulers, chosen by Ptah, beloved of Isis

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant B

V31M17M17
O34D21O34

kysrs

Caesar

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant C

V31
M17M17
O34I14O34

kysrs

Caesar

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant D

M17M17S29
D21O34
A1

kysrs

Caesar

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant E

V31M17M17
O34D21O34
Q3R8

kysrs pꜢ-nṯr

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant F

V31M17M17
O34D21O34
Q3N14

kysrs pꜢ-nṯr

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant G

S56G1M17M17S29
D21O34
S34
Q3X1
V28
Q1
X1H8
U6

Kysrs Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-ptḥ-Ꜣst

Caesar, living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant H

V31M17M17
O34D21
G1S29S34
Q3X1
V28Q1
X1H8
N36

Kysrs Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-ptḥ-Ꜣst

Caesar, living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis

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