Ramses XI.

Ramses XI.
Horus name	Ka-Nacht-meri-Re K3-nḫt-mr.j-Rˁ Strong bull, lover of Re
Sideline	User-chepesch hed-hefenu Wsr-ḫpš hd-ḥfn.w With ample clout that attacks hundreds of thousands
Throne name	Men-maat-Re-setep-en-Ptah Mn-m3ˁt-Rˁ-stp.n-Ptḥ With abiding mate , a Re, chosen by Ptah
Proper name	Ramesisu chai em Waset merer Amun netjer heqa Iunu Rˁ msj sw ḫˁj m W3st mrr Jmn nṯr ḥq3 Jwnw Re it is who created him who appears in Thebes , lover of Amun , God-ruler of Heliopolis

Ramses XI. , also Ramses-Chaemwese , Chaemwese II. or Chaemwaset II. († 1076/1070 BC ) was the 10th and last ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) of the 20th Dynasty ( New Kingdom ) and ruled from 1105 to 1076/1070 (?) v. He was also the last in the line of the so-called Ramessid rulers .

Other names

• Gold name : with great power that animates the two countries, the majesty who is satisfied with the mate and reconciles the two countries

Domination

During the reign of Ramses XI. there was n't much left of the former greatness of Egypt . Sources show that the reputation of the country in the Middle East had sunk deeply and that in the south, around Thebes , revolts flared up again and again . While the Pharaoh ruled the north from his capital, Pi-Ramesse , the high priest of Amun , Amenhotep , ruled in the south , later his successor Panehsi as king. From the 19th year of the rule of Ramses XI. With Herihor, a high military man took over the government in Thebes and ruled over the south of Egypt independently of the Pharaoh.

Tomb

The for Ramses XI. The intended burial chamber KV4 is in the Valley of the Kings . However, this was not used because he was buried outside Thebes . His mummy was not found.

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. 334-336.
• Christian Cannuyer: Encore la date de L'accession au throne de Ramsès XI. In: Göttinger Miscellen . No. 132, Göttingen 1993, pp. 19-20.
• Aidan Dodson : Afterglow of Empire, Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the String Renaissance. American University in Cairo Press, Cairo / New York 2012, ISBN 978-977-416-531-3 .
• 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 ).
• Klaus Ohlhafer: On the date of Ramses' accession to the throne XI. and the sequence of the grave robber papyri from year 1 and 2 wHm-mswt. In: Göttinger Miscellen. No. 135, Göttingen 1993, pp. 59-72.
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , pp. 240-241.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hieroglyphs and inscription after Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbuch der Ägyptischen Könignames. von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6 , pp. 174-175 (T2 and E2).
2. ↑ Nicholas Reeves & Richard H. Wilkinson: The Complete Valley of the Kings: tombs and treasures of Egypt's greatest pharaohs. Thames & Hudson, New York NY 1996, ISBN 978-0-500-05080-4 , p. 173

predecessor	Office	successor
Ramses X.	Pharaoh of Egypt 20th Dynasty (end)	Smendes I.