Der Thronname und ein einzigartiges Epitheton Psusennes’ II.

“The Throne Name and a Unique Epithet of Psusennes II” When Psusennes II acceded to the throne, he chose as his throne name tjt.j-ḫprw-rꜤw śtp.n-rꜤw “‘he with emblematic manifestation is Re,’ whom Re has chosen” and set his proper name in the form pꜢ-śbꜢ-ḫꜤj-m-njw.t mrjj-jmnw “Psusennes (‘the star which has appeared in the town, i.e. Thebes’), beloved of Amun”. Sometime during his reign, he must have adopted, perhaps in addition to this first set of names, an altered set of names with further epithets. While his revised proper name ḥrw pꜢ-śbꜢ-ḫꜤj-m-njw.t mrjj-jmnw “Horus-Psusennes (‘the star which has appeared in the town, i.e. Thebes’), beloved of Amun” is clear in reading and meaning, the hieroglyphs inserted into the cartouche of his throne name have resisted all attempts at an explanation. After a review of earlier propositions, the expanded throne name of Psusennes II will be examined anew in this article. Based on this, the augmented throne name is analysed as tjt.j-ḫprw-rꜤw sꜢ wtj śtp.n-rꜤw “‘he with emblematic manifestation is Re,’ the son and (inheritable) first-begotten, whom Re has chosen”. Together, sꜢ wtj “the son and (inheritable) first-begotten” and ḥrw “Horus” form a finely composed pair of additions to the cartouche names of Psusennes II which refer to Horus’ accession as heir of Geb and Osiris and anticipate a shift of royal ideology well-known from the XXII Dynasty.