Ramesses VII
Egyptian · scion · new kingdom · scion
Scion son of Ramesses VI by Queen Nubkhesbed; princely name Ramesses-Itamun. Sixth pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty (r. 1136-1129 BCE). His reign saw record grain prices in the Deir el-Medina records, a marker of late-New-Kingdom economic crisis. Brother of the God's Wife of Amun Iset. Buried in KV1.
Parentage
Epithets
- wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ stp-n-rꜥ mry-jmn
Relations
- father: Ramesses VI
- mother: Nubkhesbed
- sibling: Iset
Sources
- Tomb KV1 in the Valley of the Kings; Koptos stela of the God's Wife Iset (Manchester Museum 1781); Deir el-Medina price-ostraca of his reign
- Theban administrative dates (highest attested regnal year 7); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI