Ramesses IX

Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty

Ramesses IX

Also written Ramses and Rameses

Portrait of Ramesses IX from his tomb KV6.

Pharaoh
Reign| 19 regnal years
died around age 50
1129-1111 BC
Predecessor| Ramesses VIII
Successor| Ramesses X

Royal titulary

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| Kanakht Khaemwaset
K3-nḫt-ḫˁ-m-W3s.t
Strong bull, he who appears (is enthroned) in Waset
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Nebty name
| Userkhepesh Sankhtawy
Wsr-ḫpš-sˁnḫ-t3.wj
He whose blow is powerful, he invigorates the two lands
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Golden Horus
| Userrenputmiredjet
Wsr-rnp.wt-mj-Rˁ-ḏt
He who is long-lived litt. rich in years like Ra, forever
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wsr-rnpwt mi-ˁnḏti wr-nsyt dr-pḏt-9
He who is long-lived litt. rich in years like Andjety,
his kingdom is greater than the nine bows (the enemies of Egypt)
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Prenomen  (Praenomen)
| Neferkare Setepenre
Nfr-k3-Rˁ-stp-n-Rˁ
Perfect is the Ka of Ra, the chosen one of Ra
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Nomen
| Ramesses Khaemwaset Mereramun
Rˁ msj sw ḫˁj m W3s.t mrr Jmn
Ra fashioned him, he appears in Waset, beloved of Amun

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Consort| Baketwernel
Children| Ramesses X?, Montuherkhepeshef, Nebmaatre
Father| probably Montuherkhopshef (son of Ramesses III)
Mother| probably Takhat
Died| 1111 BC
Burial| KV6; Mummy found in the Deir el-Bahri royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Dynasty| 20th Dynasty

Neferkare Setepenre Ramesses IX (also written Ramses) (originally named Amon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset) (ruled 1129–1111 BC)[1] was the eighth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty after Ramesses III and Ramesses XI. He is now believed to have assumed the throne on I Akhet day 21 based on evidence presented by Jürgen von Beckerath in a 1984 GM article.[2][3] According to the latest archaeological information, Ramesses IX died in Regnal Year 19 I Peret day 27 of his reign.[4] Therefore, he enjoyed a reign of 18 years, 4 months and 6 days. His throne name, Neferkare Setepenre, means "Beautiful Is The Soul of Re, Chosen of Re."[5] Ramesses IX is believed to be the son of Mentuherkhepeshef, a son of Ramesses III, since Mentuherkhopshef's wife, the lady Takhat bears the prominent title of King's Mother on the walls of tomb KV10, which she usurped and reused in the late 20th Dynasty; no other 20th Dynasty king is known to have had a mother with this name.[6] Ramesses IX was, therefore, probably a grandson of Ramesses III.[7]

## Tomb robberies

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Relief of Ramesses IX at Karnak

His reign is best known for the year 16 and year 17 tomb robbery trials, recorded in the Abbott Papyrus, the Papyrus Leopold II, Papyrus BM 10054 and on the recto of both Papyrus BM 10053 and Papyrus BM 10068. It has been suggested that the undated Papyrus Mayer B, dealing with the plundering of the tomb of Ramesses VI,[8] may also stem from his reign.

During these trials it became clear that several royal and noble tombs in the Western Theban Necropolis had been robbed, including that of a 17th Dynasty king, Sobekemsaf II. Paser, Mayor of Eastern Thebes or Karnak, accused his subordinate Paweraa, the Mayor of West Thebes responsible for the safety of the necropolis, of being either culpable in this wave of robberies or negligent in his duties of protecting the Valley of the Kings from incursions by tomb robbers. Paweraa played a leading part in the vizierial commission set up to investigate, and, not surprisingly, it proved impossible for Paweraa to be officially charged with any crime due to the circumstantiality of the evidence. Paser disappeared from sight soon after the report was filed.[9]

## Projects

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Interior of Ramesses IX's KV6 royal tomb

In the sixth year of his reign, he inscribed his titulature in the Lower Nubian town of Amara West.[10] Most of his building works centre on the sun temple centre of Heliopolis in Lower Egypt where the most significant monumental works of his reign are located.[11] However, he also decorated the wall to the north of the Seventh Pylon in the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak.[12] Finally, his name has been found at the Dakhla Oasis in Western Egypt and Gezer at Canaan which may suggest a residual Egyptian influence in Asia; the majority of the New Kingdom Empire's possessions in Canaan and Syria had long been lost to the Sea Peoples by his reign. He is also known for having honoured his predecessors Ramesses II, Ramesses III and Ramesses VII. He also paid close attention to Lower Egypt and built a substantial monument at Heliopolis.

## Family

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Relief of the pharaoh Ramesses IX from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ramesses IX is known to have had two sons: at Heliopolis, "a gateway was reinscribed with texts including the king's names and also those of the prince and High Priest Nebmaatre, who was fairly certainly his son."[13] Ramesses IX's second son, Montuherkhopshef C, perhaps this king's intended heir, who did not live long enough to succeed his father, took over the former KV19 tomb of Sethirkhepsef B in the Valley of the Kings.[14] The throne was instead assumed by Ramesses X whose precise relationship to Ramesses IX is unclear. Ramesses X might have been Ramesses IX's son, but this assumption remains unproven. Tomb KV19, which was one of the most beautifully decorated tombs in the royal valley, had been abandoned by Sethirkhepsef B when the latter assumed the throne as king Ramesses VIII and one of prince Montuherkhopshef's depictions there "bears the prenomen cartouche to Ramesses IX on its belt" thereby establishing the identity of this prince's father.[15] The tomb of Ramesses IX, KV6, has been open since antiquity, as is evidenced by the presence of Roman and Greek graffiti on the tomb walls. It is quite long in the tradition of the 'syringe' tunnels of the later 19th and 20th Dynasties and lies directly opposite the tomb of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings; this fact may have influenced Ramesses IX's choice of location for his final resting place due to its proximity to this great Pharaoh.[16] While Ramesses IX's chief queen is not precisely identified in surviving Egyptian inscriptions, she was most likely Baketwernel.[17]

## Burial and rediscovery

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In 1881, the mummy of Ramesses IX (nr. 5209) was found in the Deir el-Bahri cache (DB320) within one of the two coffins of Neskhons—wife of the Theban High Priest Pinedjem II.[18] This pharaoh's mummy was not apparently examined by Grafton Elliot Smith and not included in his 1912 catalogue of the Royal Mummies.[19] When the mummy was unwrapped by Maspero, a bandage was found from a year 5, mentioning the lady Neskhons, most probably from the reign of king Siamun. A further strip of linen from a year 7 identified the mummy as "Ra Khaemwaset" which can be taken as a reference to either Ramesses Khaemwaset Meryamun (IX) or Ramesses Khaemwaset Meryamun Neterheqainu (XI).[20] But since an ivory box of Neferkare Ramesses IX was found in the royal cache itself, and Ramesses XI was probably never buried at Thebes but rather in Lower Egypt, "the [royal] mummy is most likely to be that of Ramesses IX himself."[21] It is estimated that the king was about 50 years old when he died (but it is extremely difficult to correctly establish the age of mummies) and his mummy was found to have broken limbs, a broken neck and damage to its nose, which is missing.[22]

In April 2021 his mummy was moved from the Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization along with those of 17 other kings and 4 queens in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade. [23]

## In modern literature

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The novel Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer is told from the perspective of characters living during the reign of Ramesses IX, including Ramesses IX himself. Most but not all of the novel takes place on one long evening in 1123 or 1122 BCE, during which the characters (including Ramesses IX) tell stories of the past. The majority of the book concerns the reign of Ramesses II, approximately 150 years before the night of the narrative; the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE) is in turn the central event of this sub-narrative.

## See also

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* Ramesses IX Tomb-plan Ostracon

## References

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1. ^ R. Krauss & D.A. Warburton "Chronological Table for the Dynastic Period" in Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill, 2006. p.493
2. ^ J. von Beckerath, Drei Thronbesteigungsdaten der XX. Dynastie, (Three accession dates of the 20th Dynasty), Göttinger Miszellen 79 (1984), pp.7-9 Beckerath's article discusses the accession dates of Ramesses VI, IX and X
3. ^ Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Handbook of Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill: 2006, p.216
4. ^ J. von Beckerath, MDAIK 40, 1984, pp.3-4
5. ^ Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2006 paperback, p.167
6. ^ Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, 1991, Christian Settipani, p.153, 169, 173 & 175
7. ^ Mummy of Ramesses the Ninth Eternal Egypt
8. ^ T. Eric Peet, The Mayer Papyri A&B, London 1920, 19-20
9. ^ Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge 2001, p.147
10. ^ Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Blackwell Books, 1992. p.289
11. ^ Grimal, p.289
12. ^ Grimal, p.289
13. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004. p.191
14. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.191
15. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.191
16. ^ Clayton, p.170
17. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.191
18. ^ Dennis C. Forbes, Tombs, Treasures and Mummies, KMT Communications Inc. (1998), pp.646-647
19. ^ Forbes, pp.646-647
20. ^ Gaston Maspero, Les momies royales de Deir el-Bahari, Paris: 1889, p.566-568
21. ^ Dylan Bickerstaffe, Refugees for eternity - The royal mummies of Thebes - part 4 - Identifying the Royal Mummies, Canopus Press, 2009.
22. ^ Mummy of Ramesses the Ninth Eternal Egypt
23. ^ Parisse, Emmanuel (5 April 2021). "22 Ancient Pharaohs Have Been Carried Across Cairo in an Epic 'Golden Parade'". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

## Further reading

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* Cyril Aldred, A statue of king Neferkarē' Ramesses IX, JEA 41 (1955), 3-8
* Amin A. M. A. Amer, Notes on Ramesses IX in Memphis and Karnak, Göttinger Miszellen 57 (1982), 11-16
* Jürgen von Beckerath, Drei Thronbesteigungsdaten der XX. Dynastie, Göttinger Miszellen 79 (1984), 7-9
* Dylan Bickerstaffe, Refugees for eternity - The royal mummies of Thebes - part 4 - Identifying the Royal Mummies, Canopus Press, 2009
* Jac. J. Janssen, Once Again the Accession Date of Ramesses IX, Göttinger Miszellen 191 (2002), 59-65
* Gaston Maspero, Les momies royales de Deir el-Bahari, Paris, 1889, 566-568

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ramses IX.

* The Tomb of Ramesses IX, Valley of the Kings, Egypt Archived 2009-05-05 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by

Ramesses VIII

|  Pharaoh of Egypt
Twentieth Dynasty | Succeeded by

Ramesses X

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Protodynastic to First Intermediate Period (<3150–2040 BC)

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Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (2040–1550 BC)

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Middle Kingdom
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* Mentuhotep IV

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Nubia|

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XII|

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* Seankhibtawy Seankhibra

2nd Intermediate
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XIX|

* Ramesses I
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* Merneptah
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XX|

* Setnakhte
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* Ramesses V
* Ramesses VI
* Ramesses VII
* Ramesses VIII
* Ramesses IX
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3rd Intermediate
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XXIV|

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XXV|

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Late to Roman Period (664 BC–313 AD)

Period

Dynasty

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* uncertain

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Late
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* Ammeris
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* Nekauba
* Necho I
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* Necho II
* Psamtik II
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* Psamtik III

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XXVIII|

* Amyrtaeus

XXIX|

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XXX|

* Nectanebo I
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XXXI|

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