Ramose

Ramose (Egyptian: rꜥ-ms(.w)) was an ancient Egyptian name, meaning "Ra is born".[1] Variants of the name include Ramesses (Ramessu) and Paramessu; these various spellings could be used to refer to the same person.[2]

N5 [ra]

F31 [ms]

Ramose
in hieroglyphs

Lamenting Women, from the tomb (TT55) of Ramose, c. 1411-1375 BCE

Notable bearers of the name include:

Ramose, a son of Ahmose I
Ramose, the father of Senenmut, Hatshepsut's highest state official
Ramose, Amenhotep III's vizier (TT55)
Ramose, a general from Amarna (Tombs of the Nobles (Amarna)).
Ramose, a general from the end of the 18th Dynasty, buried at Saqqara

References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, volume 1, page 218.3
Cruz-Uribe, Eugene (July 1978). "The Father of Rameses I: 0I 11456". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 37 (3): 237–244. doi:10.1086/372654.

External links

Theban Tomb TT 71, Senenmut's parents

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