Ramesses VII

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

• father: Ramesses VIKoptos stela of the God's Wife Iset (Manchester Museum 1781) (primary)
• mother: NubkhesbedKoptos stela of the God's Wife Iset (Manchester Museum 1781) (primary)

Epithets

• wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ stp-n-rꜥ mry-jmn Egyptian · Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun · titlePowerful is the Maat of Re, Chosen of Re, Beloved of AmunRoyal titulary of Ramesses VII (primary)

Relations

• father: Ramesses VIKoptos stela of the God's Wife Iset (Manchester Museum 1781) (primary)
• mother: NubkhesbedKoptos stela of the God's Wife Iset (Manchester Museum 1781) (primary)
• sibling: IsetKoptos stela (Manchester Museum 1781) naming Iset as daughter of Ramesses VI and Nubkhesbed (primary)

Sources

• existence: 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 (primary)
• reign-length: Theban administrative dates (highest attested regnal year 7); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI (primary)