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Tuthmosis II, Thutmosis II</i></div>  </div> <div class="py-3"> <div> <table class="float-none sm:float-right w-auto shadow-lg mt-0 mx-auto my-6 sm:mt-0 sm:ml-5 sm:mr-0 sm:mb-3 text-xs min-w-60 bg-white dark:bg-shark-900 rounded-lg font-sans"> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="text-center dark:bg-transparent pt-0 pb-3 text-base font-serif"> <p><span class="font-sans font-normal">Precedessor</span><br> <a class="text-lg" href="/ancient-egypt/pharaoh/Thutmose-I">Thutmose I</a></p> <p class="mt-0"><span class="font-sans font-normal">Successor</span><br> <a class="text-lg" href="/ancient-egypt/pharaoh/Hatshepsut">Hatshepsut</a></p> </th> </tr> <tbody class="dark:bg-shark-800"><tr class="border-b dark:border-shark-700"> <th colspan="2" class="bg-stone-100 dark:bg-shark-700 dark:text-shark-300 font-normal p-1.5 text-center"> Reign of <b class="dark:text-shark-100">Thutmose II</b> </th> </tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">AE Chronology</td><td class="p-1">1482–1480</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">v. Beckerath</td><td class="p-1">1492–1479</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Shaw</td><td class="p-1">1492–1479</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Dodson</td><td class="p-1">1491–1479</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Arnold</td><td class="p-1">1492–1479</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Malek</td><td class="p-1">1492–1479</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Grimal</td><td class="p-1">1493–1479</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Redford</td><td class="p-1">1516–1504</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Manetho <small>(Josephus)</small></td><td class="p-1">13 years</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Manetho <small>(Africanus)</small></td><td class="p-1">13 years</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Manetho <small>(Eusebius)</small></td><td class="p-1">13 years</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Manetho <small>(Jerome)</small></td><td class="p-1">13 years</td></tr> <tr class=""><td class="p-1">Highest attestation</td><td class="p-1">Year 1</td></tr></tbody> </table> <div>The name of the god Thoth is an ancient Greek transcription of the original name <em>Djehuty</em>. Thutmose is a modern compromise between the Greek transcription <em>Thutmosis</em> and <em>Djehutimes</em>. Known as <em>Khebron</em> or <em>Khebros</em> by Manetho, he was placed as the successor of Ahmose, though he was in fact not the second king of the 18th dynasty, but the fourth. The reign order of Manetho is quite unreliable for the entire 18th dynasty. He married his half-sister, Hatshepsut, that would soon become pharaoh.</div> </div> </div> <div class="clear-right"> <h2 class="text-3xl text-center pt-10">The Royal Titulary</h2> <p class="text-base text-center">From the hieroglyphic records</p> <div class="mb-5"><div class="kort"><div class="text-center pt-8 pb-10"><img class="my-5 h-12 pl-5 inline dark:invert" loading="eager" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-01.svg" alt="" /><div class="sm:hidden"></div><img src="/svg/hiero/t_nesut.svg" loading="eager" class="my-5 h-12 pl-5 inline sepia dark:invert dark:contrast-75" alt="The Dual King" /><img class="h-12 inline dark:invert" loading="eager" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-04.svg" alt="" /><div class="sm:hidden"></div><img src="/svg/hiero/t_sara.svg" loading="eager" class="my-5 h-12 pl-5 inline sepia dark:invert dark:contrast-75" alt="The Son of Ra" /><img class="h-12 inline dark:invert" loading="eager" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-05.svg" alt="" /><p class="text-base pt-2"><span class="text-xs uppercase font-sans dark:text-stone-400">Horus</span> Ka nakht user pehty <span class="text-xs uppercase font-sans dark:text-stone-400"> The Dual King</span> Aa kheper en Ra <span class="text-xs uppercase font-sans dark:text-stone-400"> Son of Ra</span> Djehutimes</p></div></div></div> <div><h2 class="text-center pt-10 pb-0 text-4xl text-red dark:text-amber-200">Horus names</h2><img src="/svg/hiero/t_horus.svg" loading="lazy" class="h-20 dark:invert mx-auto" alt="Horus name"><p class="w-2/3 font-sans text-base mx-auto text-center text-stone-800 dark:text-shark-300 text-balance"> The oldest form of the name of a pharaoh, a falcon representing Horus is perched on the palace facade. </p><div class="p-2"><div class="cards"> <div class="hiero"> <div class="ht"> Horus name </div> <img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-3 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-01.svg" alt="Horus name"> <div class="ha"> Ka nakht user pehty </div> <div class="hb"> kꜢ-nḫt-wst-pḥti </div> <div class="hc"> The strong bull, rich of strength </div> <div class="hd"> E1:D40-wsr-s-F9:F9 </div> <div class="he"> Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16f<br>Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:H </div> </div> <div class="hiero"> <div class="ht"> Horus name variant </div> <img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-3 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-06.svg" alt="Horus name"> <div class="ha"> Ka nakht user pehty </div> <div class="hb"> kꜢ-nḫt-wsr-pḥti </div> <div class="hc"> The strong bull, rich of strength </div> <div class="hd"> E1-n:xt:x*t:D40-wsr-s </div> <div class="he"> Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16a </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div><h2 class="text-center pt-10 pb-0 text-4xl text-red dark:text-amber-200">Nebty names</h2><img src="/svg/hiero/t_nebty.svg" loading="lazy" class="h-20 dark:invert mx-auto" alt="Nebty name"><p class="w-2/3 font-sans text-base mx-auto text-center text-stone-800 dark:text-shark-300 text-balance"> The “Two Ladies”, the <i>goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet</i>, representing Upper and Lower Egypt respectively. </p><div class="p-2"><div class="cards"> <div class="hiero"> <div class="ht"> Nebty name </div> <img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-3 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-02.svg" alt="Nebty name"> <div class="ha"> Netjer nesyt </div> <div class="hb"> nṯri-nsyt </div> <div class="hc"> He whose royalty is divine </div> <div class="hd"> nTr-sw-i-i </div> <div class="he"> Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16a<br>Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:N1 </div> </div> <div class="hiero"> <div class="ht"> Nebty name variant A </div> <img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-3 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-07.svg" alt="Nebty name"> <div class="ha"> Netjer nesyt </div> <div class="hb"> nṯri-nsyt </div> <div class="hc"> He whose royalty is divine </div> <div class="hd"> nTr-t:r:Y1-sw*t*i*i:Y1 </div> <div class="he"> Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16f </div> </div> <div class="hiero"> <div class="ht"> Nebty name variant B </div> <img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-3 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-11.svg" alt="Nebty name"> <div class="ha"> Netjer nesyt </div> <div class="hb"> nṯri-nsyt </div> <div class="hc"> He whose royalty is divine </div> <div class="hd"> nTr-sw-t:n-i-t-i </div> <div class="he"> Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:N3 </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div><h2 class="text-center pt-10 pb-0 text-4xl text-red dark:text-amber-200">Golden Horus names</h2><img src="/svg/hiero/t_gold.svg" loading="lazy" class="h-20 dark:invert mx-auto" alt="Golden Horus name"><p class="w-2/3 font-sans text-base mx-auto text-center text-stone-800 dark:text-shark-300 text-balance"> Horus perched on Gold, which was associated with eternity, but its meaning is disputed. </p><div class="p-2"><div class="cards"> <div class="hiero"> <div class="ht"> Golden Horus name </div> <img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-3 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-03.svg" alt="Nebty name"> <div class="ha"> Sekhem kheperu </div> <div class="hb"> sḫm-ḫprw </div> <div class="hc"> He whose manifestations are powerful </div> <div class="hd"> sxm-xpr-w-Y1:Z2 </div> <div class="he"> Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16a<br>Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:G1 </div> </div> <div class="hiero"> <div class="ht"> Golden Horus name variant </div> <img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-3 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-12.svg" alt="Nebty name"> <div class="ha"> Sekhem kheperu </div> <div class="hb"> sḫm-ḫprw </div> <div class="hc"> He whose manifestations are powerful </div> <div class="hd"> sxm-xpr:Z2 </div> <div class="he"> Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:G2 </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div data-astro-cid-cnf246la><h2 class="text-center pt-10 pb-0 text-4xl text-red dark:text-amber-200" data-astro-cid-cnf246la>Throne names</h2><img src="/svg/hiero/t_nesut.svg" loading="lazy" class="h-20 dark:invert mx-auto" alt="Prenomen or throne name" data-astro-cid-cnf246la><p class="w-1/2 font-sans mx-auto text-center text-stone-800 dark:text-shark-300 text-balance" data-astro-cid-cnf246la> Announced at the coronation and always written in a cartouche. The “official” name of the pharaoh. Also known as the <i data-astro-cid-cnf246la>Prenomen</i>. </p><div class="kort" data-astro-cid-cnf246la><div class="hieroglyphs"><div class="hiero"><div class="ht">Throne name</div><img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-5 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-04.svg" alt=""><div class="ha">Aa kheper en Ra</div><div class="hb">ꜤꜢ-ḫpr-n-rꜤ</div><div class="hc">Great is the manifestation of Ra</div><div class="hd">ra:aA-xpr:n</div><div class="he">Abydos Canon no. 69<br>Saqqara Canon no. 9<br><br>Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:T1<br></div></div><div class="hiero"><div class="ht">Throne name variant A</div><img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-5 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-08.svg" alt=""><div class="ha">Aa kheper en Ra</div><div class="hb">ꜤꜢ-ḫpr-n-rꜤ</div><div class="hc">Great is the manifestation of Ra</div><div class="hd">ra-O29v-xpr-S3</div><div class="he">Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16a<br>Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:T2<br></div></div><div class="hiero"><div class="ht">Throne name variant B</div><img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-5 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-09.svg" alt=""><div class="ha">Aa kheper en Ra</div><div class="hb">ꜤꜢ-ḫpr-n-rꜤ</div><div class="hc">Great is the manifestation of Ra</div><div class="hd">ra:aA-xpr-S4</div><div class="he">Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16f<br></div></div></div></div></div> <div><h2 class="text-center pt-10 pb-0 text-4xl text-red dark:text-amber-200">Birth names</h2><img src="/svg/hiero/t_sara.svg" loading="lazy" class="h-20 dark:invert mx-auto" alt="Nomen or birth name"><p class="w-1/2 font-sans mx-auto text-center text-stone-800 dark:text-shark-300 text-balance"> Personal name given at birth. Also known as the <i>Nomen</i>. </p><div class="kort"><div class="hieroglyphs"><div class="hiero"><div class="ht">Birth name</div><img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-5 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-05.svg" alt=""><div class="ha">Djehutimes</div><div class="hb">ḏḥwti-msi(w)</div><div class="hc">Born of Thoth</div><div class="hd">G26-ms-s</div><div class="he"><abbr title="Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte">ASAE</abbr> , 8, 44<br>Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:E2<br></div></div><div class="hiero"><div class="ht">Birth name variant A</div><img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-5 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-10.svg" alt=""><div class="ha">Djehutimes <i>nefer khau</i></div><div class="hb">ḏḥwti-msi(w) nfr-ḫꜤw</div><div class="hc">Born of Thoth, he whose apparitions are perfect</div><div class="hd">G26-ms*nfr:z-xa:Z2</div><div class="he">Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, III, 16a<br>Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:E1<br></div></div><div class="hiero"><div class="ht">Birth name variant B</div><img class="h-12 sm:h-16 my-2 sm:my-5 dark:invert max-w-full object-contain" loading="lazy" src="/svg/pharaoh/18-04-13.svg" alt=""><div class="ha">Djehutimes <i>nefer khau</i></div><div class="hb">ḏḥwti-msi(w) nfr-ḫꜤw</div><div class="hc">Born of Thoth, he whose apparitions are perfect</div><div class="hd">G26-ms-s-nfr-xa:Z2</div><div class="he">Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b> (1999). 134-135, 4:E1<br></div></div></div></div></div> <h2 class="pt-10 text-center">The sources of antiquity</h2> <p class="text-base text-center pb-5">From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity</p> <table class="w-full"> <tr class="text-left border-b border-stone-800 dark:border-shark-500"><th>Author</th><th>Greek</th><th>Transcription</th><th>Reign</th></tr> <tr class="border-b border-stone-300 dark:border-shark-700"> <td class="py-2">Africanus <sub class="dark:text-amber-50 text-sm">xviii, 2</sub></td> <td class="gr">Χεβρως</td>  <td>Chebros</td> <td>13 years</td> </tr><tr class="border-b border-stone-300 dark:border-shark-700"> <td class="py-2">Eusebius <sub class="dark:text-amber-50 text-sm">xviii, 2</sub></td> <td class="gr">Χεβρων</td>  <td>Chebron</td> <td>13 years</td> </tr><tr class="border-b border-stone-300 dark:border-shark-700"> <td class="py-2">Jerome <sub class="dark:text-amber-50 text-sm"></sub></td> <td class="gr"></td>  <td>Chebron</td> <td>13 years</td> </tr><tr class="border-b border-stone-300 dark:border-shark-700"> <td class="py-2">Josephus <sub class="dark:text-amber-50 text-sm">95</sub></td> <td class="gr">Χεβρων</td>  <td>Chebron</td> <td>13 years</td> </tr> </table> <h2 class="pt-10 text-center">Bibliography</h2> <ul id="biblio" class="py-2 font-sans mt-5 border-t-2 border-stone-400 dark:border-shark-700 text-stone-800 dark:text-shark-300"><li><b>Gauthier, H.</b> Le livre des rois d'Égypte. <i>MIFAO</i> 18 (1912): 227–236</li><li><b> Beckerath, J.</b>, 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, Second edition, <abbr title="Münchner Ägyptologischen Studien"><i>MÄS</i></abbr> <b>49</b>: 134–135</li><li><b>Leprohon, R. J.</b>, 2013. <i>The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary</i>. Atlanta: 97–98</li><li><b>Baker. D. D.</b>, 2008. <i>The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I</i>. London: 467–469</li></ul> <div class="mx-auto font-sans font-semibold px-7 py-3 my-16 text-stone-800/50 dark:text-shark-300/50 border w-fit text-center bg-white/50 dark:bg-shark-900/50 dark:border-shark-600 rounded-xl"> <b>PLEASE NOTE</b><br> There <i>might</i> be errors on this page.<br> Make sure you use the <span class="text-red dark:text-shark-400">correct source!</span> <br><small class="text-stone-800/50 dark:text-shark-300/50">Yes, you would be surprised...</small> </div> </div> </section> <div class="py-10 my-5 print:hidden" aria-hidden="true"> <img src="/svg/thoth.svg" loading="lazy" class="mx-auto h-28 opacity-50 transition duration-300 hover:opacity-100" alt="Thoth" title="You have reached the end of the page. This is Thoth, the wise God of writing and hieroglyphs." srcset=""> <p class="text-center uppercase font-sans text-xs pt-3"> <abbr class="text-stone-400 dark:text-shark-700 no-underline" title="Latin for: Nothing comes from nothing">Ex nihilo nihil fit</abbr> </p> </div> <div class="hidden print:block print:py-20 text-center"> <h3>Original text from:</h3><a href="https://pharaoh.se{currentPath}" class="font-mono text-sm text-black"><img src="/svg/pharaohse.svg" alt="Pharaoh.SE" class="w-60 mx-auto block">https://pharaoh.se/ancient-egypt/pharaoh/Thutmose-II/</a> </div> </article> <aside class="hidden lg:grid lg:col-span-3 print:hidden border-s border-stone-300 dark:border-shark-900 dark:bg-darky" data-astro-cid-ssfzsv2f> <div class="flex h-full px-5 overflow-y-auto sm:w-64 w-80 font-sans" data-astro-cid-ssfzsv2f> <nav class="-mx-3 space-y-8 pb-36" data-astro-cid-ssfzsv2f> <div class="space-y-1" data-astro-cid-ssfzsv2f> <label for="pharaohs" class="px-3 text-base font-bold text-stone-800 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