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Names

Partially restored alabaster jar with 2 handles. It bears the cartouches of pharaoh Tutankhamen and
Queen Ankhesenamun. 18th Dynasty. From Gurob, Fayum, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian
Archaeology, London


Horus
name Kanakht Tutmesut
The strong bull, pleasing of birth


Neferhepusegerehtawy Werahamun
Nebti Nebrdjer
name One of perfect laws, who pacifies
the two lands; Great of the palace of
Amun; Lord of all[80]



Wetjeskhausehetepnetjeru
Heqamaatsehetepnetjeru
Golden Wetjeskhauitefre
Horus Wetjeskhautjestawyim
name Who wears crowns and pleases the
gods; Ruler of Truth, who pleases
the gods; Who wears the crowns of
his father, Re; Who wears crowns,
and binds the two lands therein


Preno
men Nebkheperure
Lord of the forms of Re

Son of Tutankhamun Hekaiunushema
Re Living Image of Amun, ruler of
Upper Heliopolis

At the reintroduction of traditional religious practice, his name changed. It is transliterated as


twt-n-mn q-wnw-m, and according to modern Egyptological convention is
written Tutankhamun Hekaiunushema, meaning "Living image of Amun, ruler of
Upper Heliopolis". On his ascension to the throne, Tutankhamun took a praenomen. This is
transliterated as nb-prw-r, and, again, according to modern Egyptological convention is
written Nebkheperure, meaning "Lord of the forms of Re". The name Nibhurrereya in the
Amarna letters may be closer to how his praenomen was actually pronounced.

Ancestry
Amenhotep II Tiaa

Thutmose
Mutemwiya Yuya Tjuyu
IV

Amenhotep III Tiye

The
KV55,
Younger
possibly Akhenaten
Lady

Tutankhamun

See also
Tutankhamun's mummy
Tutankhamun's mask
Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger blade
Tutankhamun's trumpets

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