Djoser
★ḏsr
Builder of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the world's first large-scale stone monument.
- Reign
- 2592 BC–2566 BC
- Dynasty
- Third Dynasty
- Period
- Old Kingdomc. 2686 BC – 2181 BC
- Also known as
- ZezerZozerDjeser
Royal Names in Hieroglyphs
4 of 5 documented
Horus Name
3 sources
- Garstang, Mahasna, plates VIII to X
- Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, II, 2f
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 48-49, 2:H1
1 variant
Horus Name variant A
nṯri͗-ẖt
Prenomen (Throne Name)
4 sources
- Saqqara Canon no. 47
- Statue of Djoser dedicated by Senusret II, ÄM 7702
- Aegyptische Inschriften aus den Staatlichen Museum zu Berlin. I, 144 (7702)
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 48-49, 2:E2
3 variants
Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A
ḏsr-i͗t
Prenomen (Throne Name) variant B
ḏsr-sꜢ
Prenomen (Throne Name) variant C
ḏsr
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name
2 sources
- Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, II, 2f
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 48-49, 2:N
1 variant
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name variant A
nṯri͗-ẖt-nbw
Golden Horus Name
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