Tutankhamun

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nb-ḫprw-rꜤ — twt-Ꜥnḫ-i͗mn

The 'boy king' died young but became the world's most famous pharaoh after Howard Carter discovered his intact tomb in 1922.

Reign: 1332 BC–1323 BC
Dynasty: Eighteenth Dynasty
Period: New Kingdomc. 1550 BC – 1070 BC
Also known as: TutankhamonKing TutTutankhaten

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Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

5 of 5 documented

Horus Name

kꜢ-nḫt twt-mswt“The strong bull, pleasing of birth”

2 sources

Urkunden des Ägyptische Alterthums , IV, 2056
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 144-145, 12:H1

Prenomen (Throne Name)

nb-ḫprw-rꜤ"Lord of the forms of Ra"

3 sources

Urkunden des Ägyptische Alterthums , IV, 2043
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, III, 115,118; III, 119b, Text 79
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 144-145, 12:T1

1 variant

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A

nb-ḫprw-rꜤ ḥḳꜢ-mꜢꜤt

Lord of the forms of Ra, ruler of Maat

Nomen (Birth Name)

twt-Ꜥnḫ-i͗mn"The living image of Amun"

2 sources

Statue of Tutankhamun CG 42091 (JE 36583)
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 144-145, 12:E3

2 variants

Nomen (Birth Name) variant A

twt-Ꜥnḫ-i͗mn ḥḳꜢ-i͗wnw-šmꜤi͗

The living image of Amun, ruler of southern Heliopolis

Nomen (Birth Name) variant B

twt-Ꜥnḫ-i͗tn

The living image of Aton

Nebty (Two Ladies) Name

nfr-hpw sgrḥ-tꜢwi͗"One of perfect laws, who pacifies the Two Lands"

2 sources

Urkunden des Ägyptische Alterthums , IV, 2054
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 144-145, 12:N1

2 variants

Nebty (Two Ladies) Name variant A

nfr-hpw sgrḥ-tꜢwi͗ sḥtp-nṯrw-nbw

One of perfect laws, who pacifies the Two Lands and satisfied the gods

Nebty (Two Ladies) Name variant B

wr-Ꜥḥ-i͗mn

Great of the palace of Amun

Golden Horus Name

wṯs-ḫꜤw sḥtp-nṯrw"Elevated of appearances who satisfied the gods"

2 sources

Urkunden des Ägyptische Alterthums , IV, 2054
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 144-145, 12:G1

2 variants

Golden Horus Name variant A

wṯz-ḫꜤw sḥtp-nṯrw

Elevated of appearances who satisfied the gods

Golden Horus Name variant B

wṯz ḫꜤw-i͗t.f-rꜤ

Who has elevated the appearances of his father Ra

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Attested Texts

1 text

Golden Mask of Tutankhamun

c. 1323 BCE

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