Ptolemy XII

i͗wꜤ-n-pꜢ-nṯr-nḥm stp-n-ptḥ i͗ri͗-mꜢꜤt-n-rꜤ sḫm-Ꜥnḫ-i͗mn — ptwlmys Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-Ptḥ-Ꜣst

Reign: 80 BC–58 BC
Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
Period: Ptolemaicc. 332 BC – 30 CE
Also known as: Ptolemaios Neos DionysusAuletes

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Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

5 of 5 documented

Horus Name

ḥwnw-nfr bnr-mrwt ṯni͗-sw-nbt-rḫyt-ḥnꜤ-kꜢ.f dwꜢ.n.f-ḫnmw-šps-r-šzp-n.f-ḫꜤ(t)-m-nsw snsn.n-sḥnw-m-ḥꜤꜤw-mi͗-Nḏ-i͗t.f ṯḥn-msw(t)-ḥr-nst-i͗t.f-mi͗-ḥr-kꜢ-nḫt i͗ty-psḏ-m-tꜢmri͗-mi͗-ḥpw-Ꜥnḫ rdi͗-n.f-ḥꜢbw-sd-ꜤšꜢw-wrw-mi͗-Ptḥ-tꜢṯnn-i͗t-nṯrw“The perfect youth, pleasant in his popularity, whom the Two Ladies and the common folk have elevated along with his ka, who the wonderful Khnum praises so that he receives the crown of kingship, who unites himself with the works (of his father) in joy like that which his father protects, who is shining at birth on the throne of his father like Horus, the strong bull, the lord who lights up Egypt like the living Apis, to whom many great Sed festivals will be given through Ptah-Tatenen, the father of the Gods”

Prenomen (Throne Name)

i͗wꜤ-n-pꜢ-nṯr-nḥm stp-n-ptḥ i͗ri͗-mꜢꜤt-n-rꜤ sḫm-Ꜥnḫ-i͗mn"The heir of the saviour god, who is the chosen of Ptah, who brings forth the order of Ra, the living image of Amun"

2 sources

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, IV, 49b
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 244-245, 12:T1

3 variants

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A

i͗wꜤ-n-pꜢ-nṯr-nti͗-nḥm stp-n-ptḥ i͗ri͗-mꜢꜤt-i͗mn-rꜤ

Heir of the saviour god, chosen by Ptah, who has brings forth the order of Amun-Ra

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant B

i͗wḳ-n-pꜢ-nṯr-nḥm stp-(n)-ptḥ i͗ri͗-mꜢꜤt

The heir of the saviour god, who is the chosen of Ptah, who brings forth order

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant C

pꜢ nṯr-mri͗ i͗t snt wsi͗ri͗ ḥwnw

The god who is beloved of his father and brother, the youthful Osiris

Nomen (Birth Name)

ptwlmys Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-Ptḥ-Ꜣst"Ptolemaios, living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis"

2 sources

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, IV, 49a
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 244-245, 12:E1

1 variant

Nomen (Birth Name) variant A

ptwlmys Ꜥnḫ-ḏt mri͗-Ꜣst

Ptolemaios, living forever, beloved of Isis

Nebty (Two Ladies) Name

wr-pḥti͗ ḫntš-nḥḥ smn-hpw-mi͗-ḏḥwti͗-ꜤꜢ-ꜤꜢ"The one great of strength and foremost one of the sea forever, who has established laws like the twice-great Thoth"

3 sources

First pylon, Philae
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, IV, 52a
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 244-245, 12:N1

1 variant

Nebty (Two Ladies) Name variant A

wr-pḥti͗ ḫntš-nḥḥ nfr-i͗b wṯz-nfrw-mi͗-ḏḥwti͗-ꜤꜢ-ꜤꜢ

The one great of strength and foremost one of the sea forever, perfect of mind, who has raised perfection like the twice-great Thoth

Golden Horus Name

ꜤꜢ-i͗b i͗ty nb-ḳnw-nḫt-mi͗-zꜢ-Ꜣst"The one great of mind, the sovereign, the possessor of bravery and strength like the son of Isis"

3 sources

Brugsch, Thesaurus Inscriptionum Aegypticarum, V, 878
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, IV, 49a
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 244-245, 12:G1

1 variant

Golden Horus Name variant A

ꜤꜢ-i͗b mri͗-nṯrw-BꜢḳt ity-mi͗-rꜤ ḥḳꜢ-wꜢḏti͗

The one great of mind who is beloved of the gods of Baqet, a sovereign like Ra and ruler of the two crowns

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