Ramses VIII

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Name of Ramses VIII.
SFEC-MEDINETHABU-Sethiherkhepeshef II.jpg
Ramses VIII as Prince Sethherchepeschef II
on the mortuary temple of Ramses III. in Medinet Habu .
Throne name
M23
X1 		L2
X1
Hiero Ca1.svg
C2 F12 C12 G25 Aa1
N35
Hiero Ca2.svg
User-maat-Re-ach-en-Amun
Wsr-m3ˁ.t-Rˁ-3ḫ-n-Jmn
Rich in Maat , a Re , emanation of Amun
Proper name
Hiero Ca1.svg
N5 C7 C12 N36 F31 S29 M23
Hiero Ca2.svg
Ramesisusethherchepeschefmeriamun
(Ra mesi su Seth her chepeschef meri Amun)
Rˁ msj sw Stẖ ḥr ḫpš = f mrj Jmn
Re it is who gave birth to him, Seth in his power, loved by Amun

Ramses VIII. Was the 7th ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 20th Dynasty ( New Kingdom ) and ruled for only one year or just a little longer from 1129 to 1128 BC. He was the son of Ramses III. and uncle of his predecessor Ramses VII.

There is very little evidence of Ramses VIII. In the prince procession in Medinet Habu his name is written in a cartouche . He is the least attested Pharaoh of the Ramessids . Neither grave nor burial equipment are known of him. His mummy was never found. Zahi Hawass , former head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities , and an Egyptian excavation team set out to find the tomb in 2007, but the search remained unsuccessful.

literature

  • 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. 328-329.
  • 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 ).
  • Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 239.

Web links

Commons : Ramses VIII.  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

  1. ^ Thomas Schneider: Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Düsseldorf 2002, p. 239.
  2. ^ Zahi Hawass : Discovering Tutankhamun. From Howard Carter to DNA. The University Press, Cairo 2013, ISBN 978-977-416-637-2 , p. 190.
  • Note on hieroglyphic writing: In the original depiction of the throne and personal name, the gods are facing each other so that they look at each other. Due to technical problems, this mirrored display of the gods hieroglyphs is currently not possible.


predecessor Office successor
Ramses VII Pharaoh of Egypt
20th Dynasty 		Ramses IX.
personal data
SURNAME Ramses VIII
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 7th Pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 12th century BC Chr.