wall in the Temple of Seti I, also called Osireion, carved with relief.
It shows the Pharaoh Seti I and his son Ramesses who make an offering to
their 76 predecessors. 76 cartouches of Egyptian rulers make a valuable
source for scholars interested in genealogy and royal titulary.
of pharaohs are presented in two rows of cartouches and undoubtedly not
all the names are included. A chronicler presented in the upper
Naturally, an arrangement of Egyptian rulers into Dynasties was
performed a long time thereafter by Manetho.
Second Abydos Table
is dated to the reign of Ramesses II. It was discovered in the Temple of
Abydos, and nowadays is stored in the British Museum in London. This
tablet represents cartouches of Egyptian kings - Ramesses’ predecessors.
These cartouches are ordered in two rows as follows: