Abydos King List (Ramesses II)

Fragmentary Abydos King's List from the temple of Ramesses II at Abydos, now at the British Museum.

The Abydos King List of Ramesses II, also known as the Fragmentary Abydos King List or the Fragmentary Abydos Table, is a list of kings of Ancient Egypt. Just like with the Abydos King List created by Seti I, Ramesses II's copy also lists pharaohs of ancient pharaohs. Due to it's condiction and it being a copy of Seti's list, Ramesses's list is often ignored. The fragments of his lists were removed by the French consul and sold to the British Museum..

It was written on a wall of the Temple of Ramesses II at Abydos, Egypt. The surviving list has two rows of cartouches (borders around the name of a king) in each row. The upper two rows list the kings, while the third row repeats Ramesses II's throne name and praenomen.

It lists the Old Kingdom kings in the order in which they ruled. Due to it's condiction, not all pharaohs have their names on the list.

This names of some earlier pharaohs who were not seen to be lawful rulers — such as Akhenaten, Hatshepsut, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamen, and Ay, have been left out of the list.

The king list

The names are listed in reverse chronological order from the upper right to the bottom left, as they were meant to be read.

Upper row			Middle row
No.	Pharaoh	Name written in the list	No.	Pharaoh	Name written in the list
1-8	Names destroyed	Names destroyed	27-34	Names destroyed	Names destroyed
9	Name destroyed	Name destroyed	35	Amenemhat II	Nebukaure
10	Name destroyed	Name destroyed	36	Senusret II	Khakheperure
11	Name destroyed	Name destroyed	37	Senusret III	Khakaure
12	Name destroyed	Name destroyed	38	Amenemhat III	Nimaatre
13	Merenre Nemtyemsaf II	Merenre Saemsaf	39	Amenemhat IV	Maakherure
14	Netjerkare	Netjerkare	40	Ahmose I	Nebpehtyre
15	Menkare	Menkare	41	Amenhotep I	Djeserkare
16	Neferkare II	Neferkare	42	Thutmose I	Aakheperkare
17	Neferkare Neby	Neferkare Nebseneb	43	Thutmose II	Aakheperenre
18	Djedkare Shemai	Djedkare Shemai	44	Thutmose III	Menkheperre
19	Neferkare Khendu	Neferkare Khendu	45	Amenhotep II	Aakheperure
20	Merenhor	Merenhor	46	Thutmose IV	Menkheperure
21	Neferkamin	Sneferka	47	Amenhotep III	Nebmaatre
22	Nikare	Nikare	48	Horemheb	Djeserkheperure Setepenre
23	Neferkare Tereru	Neferkare Tereru	49	Ramesses I	Menpehtire
24	Neferkahor	Neferkahor	50	Seti I	Menmaatre
25	Neferkare Pepiseneb	Neferkare Pepiseneb	51	Ramesses II	Usermaatre Setepenre
26	Neferkamin Anu	Sneferka Anu	52	Ramesses II	Ramesses Meryamun

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