Necho II
★wḥm-ib-rꜤ — n(y) kꜢw
Attempted to build a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea; his fleet circumnavigated Africa.
- Reign
- 610 BC–595 BC
- Dynasty
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty
- Period
- Late Periodc. 664 BC – 332 BC
- Also known as
- Nekao II
Royal Names in Hieroglyphs
5 of 5 documented
Horus Name
Prenomen (Throne Name)
2 sources
- Passim
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 214-215, 2:T1
1 variant
Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A
wḥm-i͗b-rꜤ
Who has renewed the will of Ra
Nomen (Birth Name)
2 sources
- Chassinat, Textes provenant du Sérapéum de Memphis, RecTrav 22 (1900): 21
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 214-215, 2:E1
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name
2 sources
- Chassinat, Textes provenant du Sérapéum de Memphis, RecTrav 22 (1900): 21
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 214-215, 2:N1
Golden Horus Name
2 sources
- Chassinat, Textes provenant du Sérapéum de Memphis, RecTrav 22 (1900): 21
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 214-215, 2:G1
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