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Medinet Habu king list

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The memorial temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu contains a minor list of pharaohs of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. The inscriptions closely resemble the Ramesseum king list, which is a similar scene of Ramesses II, which was used as a template for the scenes here.

The scene was first published by Champollion in 1845, followed by Lepsius four years later. Both contained minor omissions and errors, and it wasn't until almost one hundred years later that the Epigraphic Survey published the definitive rendering of the scene in 1940.

The scene show Ramesses III participating in the ceremonies of the festival of Min. It contains 16 cartouches with the names of nine pharaohs.

The kings mentioned in the list

The scene is divided in two parts, on the left side, 7 statues of ancestors are being carried in a procession. The right side is led by nine kings.

It remains in situ on the eastern second pylon in the second court, in the upper register on the eastern wall.

References

Medinet Habu king list Wikipedia