تامپتیس
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thumb | right Thamphthis ( c. 2500 BC) is the hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian ruler (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty in the Old Kingdom, who may have ruled under the name Djedefptah or Djedefkaf for between two and nine years. His original Egyptian name is lost, but it may have been Djedefptah ("he endures like Ptah") according to Egyptologists like William C. Hayes, or Djedefkaf ("his Ka is enduring") according to other Egyptologists. Thamphthis is one of the shadowy rulers of the Old Kingdom, since he is completely unattested in contemporary sources. For this reason, his historical figure
Key facts
- Pharaoh.name
- Thamphthis
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Shepseskaf
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Userkaf?
- Pharaoh.nomen
- hieroglyphs (reconstitution):Djedefptahḏd.f ptḥHe endures like PtahAlternative reconstitutionDjedefkafḏd.f k3 fHis Ka is enduringTurin canon (Column III, line 16) HASH-HASH-HASH-G7-HASH-M4-X1:N33-Z1-Z1
- Pharaoh.Reign
- c. 2500 BC
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