Ramses VI.

Name of Ramses VI.
Presumed portrait of Ramses VI, Louvre , Paris
Horus name	Ka-Nacht-aa-nechetu-seanch-taui K3-nḫt-ˁ3-nḫt.w-sˁnḫ-t3w.j Strong bull, with great victories, which enlivens the two countries
Sideline	User-chepesch-hed-hefenu Wsr-ḫpš-hd-ḥfn.w With ample clout that attacks hundreds of thousands
Gold name	User-renput-mi-Ta-tenen Wsr-rnp.wt-mj-T3-ṯnn Rich in years like Tatenen
Throne name	Neb-maat-Re-meri-Amun Nb-m3ˁ.t-Rˁ-mr.j-Jmn Lord of the mate , a Re , lover of Amun
Proper name	Ramesisuamunherchepeschefnetjerheqaiunu (Ra mesi su Amun her chepeschef netjer heqa Iunu) Rˁ msj sw Jmn ḥr ḫpš = f nṯr ḥq3 Jwnw Re it is who gave birth to him, Amun is in his power, God, ruler of Heliopolis

Ramses VI. was the 5th ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 20th dynasty . He took over in the period from 28 Peret I to 11 Peret II (October 20 to November 2) in  1145 BC. The rule and ruled until about 19. Peret II (November 8th) 1137 BC. Chr.

Origin and family

He was a son of Ramses III. and Queen Isettahemdjert . His wife was Nubchesbed and his daughter was Amun's wife , Isis .

Domination

In Thebes , he installed his daughter Isis in the presence of his mother Isis-Tahabasillat and the vizier Nehi as Amun's wife of God. According to the stele from Deir el-Bachit , Nehi was the successor of the vizier Neferrenpet . After the attack by the Sea Peoples , Lachish still appears to be in the reign of Ramses VI. to have been under the control of Egypt as his name was on the pedestal of a statue found in Lachish.

Construction activity

Head of the mummy of Ramses VI.

He took over the grave of his predecessor Ramses V ( KV9 ) in the Valley of the Kings , which he continued to build. However, this work was interrupted by armed conflict with the Libyans . The richly decorated tomb is one of the few surviving monuments of Ramses VI.

According to the grave robbery files, the tomb was robbed in the 20th Dynasty, before the mummies of Ramses 'V and Ramses' VI. could be reburied in the grave KV35 of Amenhotep II .

literature

• Tamas A. Bács: A Note on the Divine Adoratrix Isis, Daughter of Ramesses VI. (Göttinger Miszellen 148), Göttingen 1995, pp. 7-12.
• Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs, Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC). Bannerstone Press, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9 , pp. 323-326.
• Erik Hornung : The New Kingdom. In: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One. The Near and Middle East. Volume 83). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-11385-5 , pp. 197-217 ( online ).
• Bertrand Jaeger: Une statue inconnue de Ramsès VI dans le "Recueil d'Antiquitès" de Caylus (Göttinger Miszellen 92), Göttingen 1986, pp. 41-64.
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , pp. 237-238.

Web links

Commons : Ramses VI.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• VRTEEK: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb (3D view of the tomb)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. Rolf Krauss : Sothis and Moon Data: Studies on the Astronomical and Technical Chronology of Ancient Egypt , Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1985, ISBN 3-8067-8086-X , p. 133.
2. ^ Thomas Schneider: Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Pp. 237-238.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ramses V.	Pharaoh of Egypt 20th Dynasty	Ramses VII