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Seti I

Also known as: Sethos I

Builder of the magnificent tomb KV17 in the Valley of the Kings; known for military campaigns into Canaan and Libya.

Reign

1290 BC–1279 BC

1290 BC – 1279 BC

Dynasty

Nineteenth Dynasty

Period

New Kingdom

c. 1550 BC – 1070 BC

Alternate Names

Sethos I

Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

Prenomen (Throne Name)
Y5N35Y5D28X1D21G43
mn-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ"Eternal Is the Truth of Ra"
Nomen (Birth Name)
C7X1M17
stẖj"Man of Seth"
Horus Name
Horus
D28E2D40G43S29D21Y5D28X1D21
kꜢ-nḫt-ḫꜤꞽ-m-mꜣꜥt"Strong Bull, Appearing in Truth"
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name
G43D46I9D21Y5D36D36N35Q3X1D21
wꜤf-tꜢwy-sḫm-pḥ.wy"Who Subdues the Two Lands, Mighty of Power"
Golden Horus Name
G43S42D21X1D21G43
wsr-nṯrw-sḫm-D21-G43"Powerful of Arm Among the Gods"

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