Third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
Ramesses IV
Ramses IV, Rameses IV
Ramesses IV offering two Nu vases, British Museum.
Pharaoh
Reign
1155–1149 BC
Predecessor
Ramesses III
Successor
Ramesses V
Royal titulary
Horus name
Horus Kanekhet Ankhemmaat Nebkhabused mi Itef Ptah Tatenen K3-nḫt-ˁnḫ-m-m3ˁ.t-nb-ḥ3bw-sd-mj-jt.f-Ptḥ-T3-ṯnn Horus, the strong bull, his Maat lives, master of the Heb-Sed like his father Ptah-Tatenen
Nebty name
Mekemetwaf Pedjut-9 Mk-kmt-wˁf-pḏwt-9 The protector of Egypt, he who vanquishes the 9 bows (the enemies of Egypt)
[1]
Golden Horus
Wser Renput Wer Nekhetu Wsr-rnpwt-wr-nḫtw The golden falcon, rich in years, whose victories are great
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Usermaatre Heqamaatre Setepenamun Wsr-m3ˁ.t-Rˁ-stp.n-Jmn Rich in Maat like Ra, the chosen one of Amun
After the second year Heqamaatre Setepenamun Ḥq3-m3ˁ.t-Rˁ-stp.n-Jmn Ruler of the Maat like Ra, the chosen one of Amun
Nomen
Ramesisu Heqamaat Meriamun Rˁ-msj-sw-ḥq3-m3ˁt-mrj-Jmn Ra has fashioned him, ruler of the Maat, beloved of Amun[2]
Consort
Duatentopet (half-sister)
Children
Ramesses V
Father
Ramesses III
Mother
Tyti[3]
Born
1176 BC
Died
1149 BC (aged 27)
Burial
KV2; Mummy found in the KV35 royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Monuments
Temple of Khonsu at Karnak
Dynasty
Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt
Usermaatre Heqamaatre Setepenamun Ramesses IV (also written Ramses or Rameses) was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. He was the second son of Ramesses III and became crown prince when his elder brother Amenherkhepshef died aged 15[4] in 1164 BC, when Ramesses was only 12 years old.[4][5] His promotion to crown prince:
is suggested by his appearance (suitably entitled) in a scene of the festival of Min at the Ramesses III temple at Karnak, which may have been completed by Year 22 [of his father's reign]. (the date is mentioned in the poem inscribed there)[4]
As his father's chosen successor, the prince employed three distinctive titles: "Hereditary Prince", "Royal scribe" and "Generalissimo." The latter two titles are mentioned in a text at the temple of Amenhotep III at Soleb[6] and all three titles appear on a lintel now in Florence, Italy.[7] As heir-apparent he took on increasing responsibilities; for instance, in Year 27 of his father's reign, he is depicted appointing a certain Amenemope to the important position of Third Prophet of Amun in the latter's TT 148 tomb.[8] Amenemope's Theban tomb also accords prince Ramesses all three of his aforementioned sets of royal titles.[9] Despite the 31-year reign of his father Ramesses III, Ramesses IV was only 21 when he became pharaoh.[4] His rule has been dated to 1155 to 1149 BC.
^The Epigraphic Survey: Medinet Habu, Vol. I - VII, Band II., Tafel 101.
^Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994, p.167
^Jehon Grist: The Identity of the Ramesside Queen Tyti, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 71, (1985), pp. 71-81
^ abcdA. J. Peden, The Reign of Ramesses IV, Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1994.
^Jacobus Van Dijk, 'The Amarna Period and the later New Kingdom' in The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, ed. Ian Shaw, Oxford University Press paperback, 2002, p.306
^Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions, Vol. V 372: 16
^Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions, Vol. V, 373 (3)
^G.A. Gaballa & K.A. Kitchen, "Amenemope, His Tomb and Family," MDAIK 37 (1981), pp.164-180
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