Granodiorite bust of Merneptah, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Pharaoh
Reign
1213–1203 BC (ten years)
Predecessor
Ramesses II
Successor
Seti II/Amenmesse
Royal titulary
Horus name
Kanakht Haiemmaat
Nebty name
Iribauertaentjemhu
Golden Horus
Nebsenedjaashefit[1]
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Baenre Merynetjeru The Soul of Ra, Beloved of the Gods
Nomen
Merneptah Hotephermaat Beloved of Ptah, Joyous is Truth
Consort
Isetnofret II, Takhat?
Children
Seti II, Merenptah, Khaemwaset, Isetnofret
Father
Ramesses II
Mother
Isetnofret
Born
c. 1283 BC
Died
2 May 1203 BC (aged 80)
Burial
KV8; Mummy found in the KV35 royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Dynasty
Nineteenth Dynasty
Portrait of Pharaoh Merneptah
Merneptah (/ˈmɛrnɛptɑː,mərˈnɛptɑː/[2]) or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC – 2 May 1203 BC) was the fourth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled Egypt for almost ten years, from late July or early August 1213 BC until his death on 2 May 1203 BC, according to contemporary historical records.[3] He was the first royal-born pharaoh since Tutankhamun of the Eighteenth Dynasty.[4]
Merneptah was the thirteenth son of Ramesses II,[5] only coming to power because all of his older brothers had died, including his full brother Khaemwaset or Khaemwase.
By the time he ascended to the throne, he was around seventy years old. He is arguably best known for his victory stele, featuring the first known mention of the name Israel. His throne name was Ba-en-re Mery-netjeru, which means "The Soul of Ra, Beloved of the Gods".
^"King Merenptah", Digital Egypt, University College London (2001). Accessed 2007-09-29.
^"Merneptah". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
^Jürgen von Beckerath, Chronologie des Pharaonischen Ägypten, Mainz, (1997), pp.190
^Darnell, J. C., & Manassa, C. (2007). Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest During Ancient Egypt's Late Eighteenth Dynasty. John Wiley & Sons.
^Gae Callender, The Eye Of Horus: A History of Ancient Egypt, Longman Cheshire (1993), p.263
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