The memorial temple of Ramesses II, also called simply the Ramesseum, contains a minor list of pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The scene with the list was first published by Jean-Francois Champollion in 1845,Jean-François Champollion (1845). Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, Vol II, plates 149bis-150, Paris and by Karl Richard Lepsius four years later.Carl Richard Lepsius (1849). Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, III, plate 163, Leipzig
The upper register of the second western pylon, shows a processions where ancestors of Ramesses II are honored at ceremonies of the festival of Min. It contains 19 cartouches with the names of 14 pharaohs, listing less pharaohs than his kings list in Abydos. Notably, Hatshepsut and the Amarna pharaohs are omitted.
Kings names mentioned The scene is divided in two parts, one with 14 statues of the ancestral kings being carried in a procession on the left side. The second part is a procession led by six kings, but only the name of five remain. Top left procession # Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs 1. Thutmose I Aakheperkare <-ra:aA-xpr-kA->-mAa:T1 2. Amenhotep I Djeserkare <-ra:Dsr-kA->-mAa:T1 3. Ahmose I Nebpehtyre <-ra:nb-F9:t*t-> 4. Mentuhotep II Nebhepetre <-ra:nb-xrw-> 5. Menes Meni <-mn:n-i->
Bottom left procession # Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs 6. Ramesses II Usermaatre-setepenre <-ra-wsr-mAat-stp*ra:n->-mAa:T1 7. Seti I Menmaatre <-ra:mn-mAat->-mAa:T1 8. Ramesses I Menpehtyre <-ra:mn-F9:t*t->-mAa:T1 9. Horemheb Djeserkheperure-setepenre <-ra:Dsr-xpr-Z2:ra-stp:n->-mAa:T1 10. Amenhotep III Nebmaatre <-ra-mAat-nb->-mAa:T1 11. Thutmose IV Menkheperure <-ra:mn-xpr:Z2->-mAa:T1 12. Amenhotep II Aakheperure <-ra:aA-xpr:Z2->-mAa:T1 13. Thutmose III Menkheperre <-ra:mn-xpr->-mAa:T1 14. Thutmose II Aakheperenre <-ra:aA-xpr:n->-mAa:T1
Right procession # Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs 15. Horemheb Djeserkheperure-setepenre <-ra:Dsr-xpr-Z2:ra-stp:n->-mAa:T1 16. Amenhotep III Nebmaatre <-ra-mAat-nb->-mAa:T1 17. Thutmose IV Menkheperure <-ra:mn-xpr:Z2->-mAa:T1 18. Amenhotep II Aakheperure <-ra:aA-xpr:Z2->-mAa:T1 19. Thutmose III Menkheperre <-ra:mn-xpr->-mAa:T1 The scene remains in situ in the upper register of the second western pylon. The later Medinet Habu king list of Ramesses III is very similar in design, but only lists nine pharaohs.
See also Abydos King List (Seti I) Abydos King List (Ramesses II) Manetho King List Karnak King List Palermo Stone Saqqara Tablet Turin King List Medinet Habu king list
References
Bibliography Jean François Champollion: Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, II, plates 149bis-150 (Paris: 1845) Carl Richard Lepsius: Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, III, plate 163, (Berlin: 1849) The Epigraphic Survey: Medinet Habu: Volume IV, OIP 51, Plate 213 (Chicago: 1940) Kenneth A. Kitchen: Ramesside Inscriptions, Vol V, pp. 205:9-11; 209:9-10 (Oxford: 1983)