the king's role as a representative of the solar god Ra. For women who became pharaoh, the preceding title was interpreted as "daughter" also. Modern historians typically refer to the ancient kings of Egypt by this name, adding ordinals (e.g. "II", "III") to distinguish between different individuals bearing the same name. Examples of the full titulary Senusret I In the Middle Kingdom, the full titulary was sometimes written in a single cartouche, as in this example from Senusret I, from Beni Hasan. Hatshepsut The full titulary of Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Hatshepsut, providing a guide to pronunciation and its equivalent meaning and showing the differences since this pharaoh is a woman, is as follows, Horus name: Wesretkau, "Mighty of Kas" Nebty name: Wadjrenput, "She of the Two Ladies, Flourishing of years" Golden Horus: Netjeretkhau, "Divine of appearance" (Netjeret is the feminine form of netery meaning 'godly' or 'divine', and khau, 'appearances') Praenomen: Maatkare, "Truth [Ma'at] is the Ka of Re" Nomen: Khnumt-Amun Hatshepsut, "Joined with Amun, Foremost of Noble Ladies" Thutmose III The full titulary of Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III, providing a guide to pronunciation and its equivalent meaning, is as follows Horus name: Kanakht Khaemwaset, "Horus Mighty Bull, Arising in Thebes" Nebty name: Wahnesytmireempet, "He of the Two Ladies, Enduring in kingship like Re in heaven" Golden Horus: Sekhempahtydjeserkhaw, "Horus of Gold Powerful of strength, Sacred of appearance" Praenomen: Menkheperre, "He of the Sedge and the Bee, Enduring of form is Re" Nomen: Thutmose Neferkheperu, "Son of Ra, Thutmose, beautiful of forms" References Bibliography External links The Gold name, the Horus name, the Royal Titulary, the Two Ladies and Thutmose I on Digital Egypt Ancient Egyptian language