The memorial temple of Ramesses III (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III) at Medinet Habu contains a minor list of pharaohs of the New Kingdom of Egypt. The inscriptions closely resemble the Ramesseum king list, which is a similar scene of Ramesses II, which was used as a template for the scenes here.
The scene shows Ramesses III participating in the ceremonies of the Festival of Min where statues of ancestral kings are carried in an elaborate procession to make offerings to Min. It contains 16 cartouches with the names of nine pharaohs divided into two parts.
The sparse outline of the scene was published by Vivant Denon in 1802, Dominique Vivant Denon, "Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte, pendant les campagnes du général Bonaparte", plate 134, Paris, 1802 who was part of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798 to 1801, which published a slightly more detailed scene in 1809."Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française", Vol. II, Planches: Antiquités, Plate 11, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1809 Thirty years later, the complete scene including the cartouches of the kings was published by John Gardner Wilkinson in 1837,John Gardner Wilkinson, "Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, including their private life, government, laws, art, manufactures, religions, and early history", plate 76, London, 1837 followed by ChampollionJean François Champollion, "Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie", Vol. III, plates 213-214, Paris, 1845 and Lepsius. Carl Richard Lepsius, "Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien nach den zeichnungen der von Seiner Majestaet dem koenige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV", III, Berlin, 1849 All the 19th-century editions contain omissions and errors, but in 1940 the Epigraphic Survey published the definitive (and complete) rendering of the scenes. The Epigraphic Survey, "Medinet Habu, Volume 4. Festival Scenes of Ramses III", Oriental Institute Publications 51, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1940
Kings names mentioned The scene is divided in two parts, on the left side, 7 statues of ancestors are being carried in a procession. The right side is led by nine kings. +The rulers mentioned in the list Top left procession # Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs 1. Ramesses III Usermaatre-meryamun nb:tA:tA-<-ra-wsr-mAat-N36-i-mn:n-> 2. Setnakhte Userkhaure-meryamun <-ra-wsr-xa:Z2-N36-i-mn:n-> 3. Ramesses II Usermaatre-setepenre <-ra-wsr-mAat-stp*ra:n-> 4. Merneptah Baenre-meryamun <-C2\-C12-N36:E11-> Bottom left procession # Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs 5. Ramesses III Usermaatre-meryamun nb:tA:tA-<-ra-wsr-mAat-N36-i-mn:n-> 6. Setnakhte Userkhaure-meryamun <-ra-wsr-xa:Z2-N36-i-mn:n-> 7. Seti II Userkheperure-meryamun <-ra-wsr-xpr:Z2-N36-i-mn:n-> Right procession # Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs 8. Ramesses III Usermaatre-meryamun <-ra-wsr-mAat-N36-i-mn:n-> 9. Setnakhte Userkhaure-meryamun <-ra-wsr-xa:Z2-N36-i-mn:n-> 10. Seti II Userkheperure-meryamun <-ra-wsr-xpr:Z2-N36-i-mn:n-> 11. Merneptah Baenre-meryamun <-C2\-C12-N36:E11-> 12. Ramesses II Usermaatre-setepenre <-ra-wsr-mAat-stp*ra:n-> 13. Seti I Menmaatre <-ra-mAat-mn:n-> 14. Ramesses I Menpehtyre <-ra-mn:n-F9-> 15. Horemheb Djeserkheperure-setepenre <-ra:Dsr-xpr-Z2:ra-stp:n-> 16. Amenhotep III Nebmaatre <-ra-mAat-nb->
It remains in situ on the eastern second pylon in the second court, in the upper register on the eastern wall. It's also seen by some as an addition to the Abydos King List, as the Medinet Habu list contains some Rammasside pharaohs who reigned after the Abydos list was made.
See also Abydos King List (Seti I) Abydos King List (Ramesses II) Manetho King List Karnak King List Palermo Stone Saqqara Tablet Turin King List Ramesseum king list
References
Further reading Kenneth A. Kitchen, "Ramesside Inscriptions", Vol V, pp. 205:12-13; 209:11-12, Oxford, 1983