Personal name .28nomen.29 Ancient Egyptian royal titulary










this name given @ birth. name preceded title son of ra , written hieroglyph of duck (za), homonym word meaning son (za), adjacent image of sun, hieroglyph chief solar deity ra. first introduced set of royal titles in fourth dynasty , emphasizes king s role representative of solar god ra. women became pharaoh, preceding title interpreted daughter also.


modern historians typically refer ancient kings of egypt name, adding ordinals (e.g. ii , iii ) distinguish between different individuals bearing same name.







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