Egypt in the Ramesside Period

1. Tausret: Queen, Regent, Ruler, Rebel
Frederick Arthur Bridgman. Procession in honour of Isis. 1902.

2. As Queen
• First stage of KV14
• Work begins Year 2 of Seti II
• O. Cairo J 72452:
• “Year 2; first month of Winter, day 8, the day when the agent… came with a dispatch [to
the Vizier?] saying ‘Start upon the tomb of the King’s Great Wife Twosre’ ” a list of
workmen assigned follows
• Only queen of Dyn 19 buried in KV
• Small scale version of a king’s tomb
• Royal lineage?
• “King’s Great Wife”
• “God’ Wife of Amun”

3. As Regent
• Statue holding Siptah > Year 2
• Temple of Amada > Year 2
• Tausret with sistra
• Opposite Chancellor Bay
• Abu Simbel
• Tausret and Bay adore Siptah’s cartouches
• Expansion of KV14
• Mortuary temple at Thebes – mud brick

4. As Regent
• Statue holding Siptah > Year 2
• Temple of Amada > Year 2
• Tausret with sistra
• Opposite Chancellor Bay
• Abu Simbel
• Tausret and Bay adore Siptah’s
cartouches
• Expansion of KV14
• Mortuary temple at Thebes –
mud brick

5. As Regent
• Statue holding Siptah > Year 2
• Temple of Amada > Year 2
• Tausret with sistra
• Opposite Chancellor Bay
• Abu Simbel
• Tausret and Bay adore Siptah’s
cartouches
• Expansion of KV14
• Mortuary temple at Thebes –
mud brick

6. As Regent
• Statue holding Siptah > Year 2
• Temple of Amada > Year 2
• Tausret with sistra
• Opposite Chancellor Bay
• Abu Simbel
• Tausret and Bay adore Siptah’s cartouches
• Expansion of KV14
• Mortuary temple at Thebes – mud brick

7. Bay is dead!
• O. DeM 886 (= O. IFAO
inv. 1864)
• “Year 5 III Shemu the
27th. On this day, the
scribe of the tomb Paser
came announcing
'Pharaoh L.P.H., has
killed the great enemy
Bay.’ ”

8. As Ruler
• Headless statue from Medinet Nasr
• With titulary: “Strong-bull-beloved-of-Maat, King of
Upper and Lower Egypt who is installed by Re, Lord of the
Two Lands, Daughter-of-Re-beloved-of-Amun, Son of Re,
Lord of Appearances like Atum, Daughter of Re-beloved-
of-Amun, Tausret-chosen-of-Mut, beloved of Hathor-lady-
of-the-red-mountain”
• Inscribed material from W Asia
• 2x faiance jars
• Titles: “Lady of Strength. Lady of Action. Who Subdues Foreign
lands””
• Inscription with offering for royal ka from Memphis
• Naophorous statue of High Priest of Ptah Iyri
• Mortuary temple at Thebes - stone
• Sarcophagus (found KV13)
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris, by Homer called the
active and gallant Polybus, in whose time Troy was taken,
reigned for 7 years.”

9. As Ruler
• Headless statue from Medinet Nasr
• With titulatary: “Strong-bull-beloved-of-Maat, King
of Upper and Lower Egypt who is installed by Re,
Lord of the Two Lands, Daughter-of-Re-beloved-of-
Amun, Son of Re, Lord of Appearances like Atum,
Daughter of Re-beloved-of-Amun, Tausret-chosen-
of-Mut, beloved of Hathor-lady-of-the-red-
mountain”
• Inscribed material from W Asia
• 3x faience jars
• Titles: “Lady of Strength. Lady of Action. Who Subdues
Foreign lands””
• Inscription with offering for royal ka from Memphis
• Naophorous statue of High Priest of Ptah Iyri
• Mortuary temple at Thebes - stone
• Sarcophagus (found KV13)

10. As Ruler
• Headless statue from Medinet Nasr
• With titulary: “Strong-bull-beloved-of-Maat, King of
Upper and Lower Egypt who is installed by Re, Lord of the
Two Lands, Daughter-of-Re-beloved-of-Amun, Son of Re,
Lord of Appearances like Atum, Daughter of Re-beloved-
of-Amun, Tausret-chosen-of-Mut, beloved of Hathor-lady-
of-the-red-mountain”
• Inscribed material from W Asia
• 2x faience jars
• Titles: “Lady of Strength. Lady of Action. Who Subdues Foreign
lands””
• Inscription with offering for royal ka from Memphis
• Naophorous statue of High Priest of Ptah Iyri
• Mortuary temple at Thebes - stone
• Sarcophagus (found KV13)
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris, by Homer called the
active and gallant Polybus, in whose time Troy was taken,
reigned for 7 years.”

11. As Ruler
• Headless statue from Medinet Nasr
• With titulary: “Strong-bull-beloved-of-Maat, King of
Upper and Lower Egypt who is installed by Re, Lord of the
Two Lands, Daughter-of-Re-beloved-of-Amun, Son of Re,
Lord of Appearances like Atum, Daughter of Re-beloved-
of-Amun, Tausret-chosen-of-Mut, beloved of Hathor-lady-
of-the-red-mountain”
• Inscribed material from W Asia
• 2x faiance jars
• Titles: “Lady of Strength. Lady of Action. Who Subdues Foreign
lands””
• Inscription with offering for royal ka from Memphis
• Naophorous statue of High Priest of Ptah Iyri
• Mortuary temple at Thebes - stone
• Sarcophagus (found KV13)
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris, by Homer called the
active and gallant Polybus, in whose time Troy was taken,
reigned for 7 years.”

12. As Ruler
• Headless statue from Medinet Nasr
• With titulatary: “Strong-bull-beloved-of-Maat, King
of Upper and Lower Egypt who is installed by Re,
Lord of the Two Lands, Daughter-of-Re-beloved-of-
Amun, Son of Re, Lord of Appearances like Atum,
Daughter of Re-beloved-of-Amun, Tausret-chosen-
of-Mut, beloved of Hathor-lady-of-the-red-
mountain”
• Inscribed material from W Asia
• 3x faience jars
• Titles: “Lady of Strength. Lady of Action. Who Subdues
Foreign lands””
• Inscription with offering for royal ka from Memphis
• Naophorous statue of High Priest of Ptah Iyri
• Mortuary temple at Thebes - stone
• Sarcophagus (found KV13)

13. As Ruler
• Final stage of KV14
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris, by
Homer called the active and gallant
Polybus, in whose time Troy was
taken, reigned for 7 years.”
• As warrior? CG 25125
• Reburial KV35

14. As Ruler
• Final stage of KV14
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris,
by Homer called the active and
gallant Polybus, in whose time
Troy was taken, reigned for 7
years.”
• As warrior? CG 25125
• Reburial KV35?

15. As Ruler
• Final stage of KV14
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris, by
Homer called the active and gallant
Polybus, in whose time Troy was
taken, reigned for 7 years.”
• As warrior? CG 25125
• Reburial KV35?

16. As Ruler 2
• Final stage of KV14
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris, by
Homer called the active and gallant
Polybus, in whose time Troy was
taken, reigned for 7 years.”
• As warrior? CG 25125
• Reburial KV35?
CG 25125 – Cairo Museum. Found in KV 9.

17. As Ruler 2
• Final stage of KV14
• Jewellery cache (found KV56)
• Manaetho Aegypica 2: “Thuoris, by
Homer called the active and gallant
Polybus, in whose time Troy was
taken, reigned for 7 years.”
• As warrior? CG 25125
• Reburial KV35?
Unknown Women D.

18. As Rebel
• Systematic erasure/recurving
in KV14 and sarcophagus
• Not mentioned in Kings lists
• Erotic graffiti/papyri?

19. As Rebel
• Systematic erasure/recurving in
KV14
• Not mentioned in Kings lists
• Erotic graffiti/papyri?
Graffiti from Deir el-Bahri.
Scenes from Turin Papyrus from Deir el-Medina.