Seti I

Seti I
Sethi I
Bust of Seti I, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pharaoh
Reign	11 regnal years (or 9, 15) 1294/1290–1279 BC
Predecessor	Ramesses I
Successor	Ramesses II
Royal titulary Horus name Kanakht Khaemwaset-Seankhtawy kꜣ-nḫt ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst sꜥnḫ-tꜣwj The strong bull, rising in Waset, he who makes life in the two lands Nebty name Wehemmesut Sekhemkhepesh Derpedjetpesdjet wḥm-mswt sḫm-ḫpš drp-ḏt-psḏt He who renews the births, strong with a sword who subjugates the nine bows Golden Horus Wehemkhau Weserpedjutemtaunebu wḥm-ḫꜥww wsr-pḏwt-m-tꜣw-nbw He who renews the crowns, he who subjugates the nine bows in all lands Prenomen Menmaatre mn-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ Established is the Justice of Re Nomen Seti Merenptah stẖj mrn-ptḥ He of the god Seth, beloved of Ptah
Consort	Tuya Tanedjemet (?) Baketwernel (?)
Children	Tia Ramesses II Henutmire (?)
Father	Ramesses I
Mother	Sitre
Died	around the age of 40 c. 1279 BC
Burial	KV17; Mummy found in the Deir el-Bahari royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Monuments	Mortuary Temple of Seti I, Temple at Abydos, Great Hypostyle Hall
Dynasty	19th Dynasty

Menmaatre Seti I was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II (commonly known as Ramesses the Great). The name Seti means 'of Set', which indicates that he was consecrated to the god Set. As a result, other Egyptian transliterations of Seti's name can include Sethi or Sutekhi. As with most pharaohs, Seti had several names. Upon his ascension, he took the prenomen mn-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ, usually vocalised in Egyptian as Menmaatre 'Established is the Justice of Re'. His better known nomen, or birth name, is transliterated as sty mry-n-ptḥ or Sety Merenptah, meaning 'Man of Set, beloved of Ptah'.