Ramose (Egyptian: ''
rꜥ-ms(.w)'') was an
ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
ian name, meaning "Ra is born". Variants of the name include
Ramesses
Ramesses or Ramses may refer to:
Ancient Egypt Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty
* Ramesses I, founder of the 19th Dynasty
* Ramesses II, also called "Ramesses the Great"
** Prince Ramesses (prince), second son of Ramesses II
** Prince Rames ...
(''Ramessu'') and
Paramessu; these various spellings could be used to refer to the same person.
Notable bearers of the name include:
*
Ramose, a son of
Ahmose I
Ahmose I (''Amosis'', ''Aahmes''; meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born") was a pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. His reign is usually d ...
*
Ramose, the father of
Senenmut, Hatshepsut's highest state official
*
Ramose, Amenhotep III's
vizier
A vizier (; ; ) is a high-ranking political advisor or Minister (government), minister in the Near East. The Abbasids, Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was at first merely a help ...
(
TT55)
*
Ramose, a general from Amarna (
Tombs of the Nobles (Amarna))
*
Ramose, a general from the end of the 18th Dynasty, buried at
Saqqara
Saqqara ( : saqqāra ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in the markaz (county) of Badrashin in the Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for ...
*
Ramose, a scribe and artisan who lived during the reigns of Ramesses II
References
External links
Theban Tomb TT 71, Senenmut's parents
Ancient Egyptian given names
Theophoric names
{{AncientEgypt-stub