Ramesside

English

Alternative forms

• Ramessid

Etymology

From French Ramesside, from Ramsès (“Ramesses”) + -ide (“-id: forming dynastic names”). Doublet of Ramessid.

Adjective

Ramesside (comparative more Ramesside, superlative most Ramesside)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ramesside period of ancient Egyptian history, named such after its eleven pharaohs named Ramesses.

   Ramesside Egypt

   Ramesside texts

   • 2016, Chloé Ragazzoli, “‘The Pen Promoted My Station’: Scholarship and Distinction in New Kingdom Biographies”, in Kim Ryholt, Gojko Barjamovic, editors, Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications; 43), Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 166:

     The scribal literature I mentioned before is a very Ramesside phenomenon and it seems that a strong association between education and social advancement is then made.

   • 2016, Jane Akshar, “TT290 Irynefer”, in Hidden Luxor, 2nd edition, →ISBN, “Deir El Medina” section, pages 93–94:

     Along the north wall, the owner and his wife are shown adoring the Gods and wearing very Ramesside clothing, his kilt has a high back and her dress is elaborately pleated. […] The deceased is offering a large Maat figure and then there are two white-wigged figures of a man and woman, his parents Siwazyt, a priest (Head of the bark of Amen), and Tawosret, his mother, both wearing very Ramesside garments.

Noun

Ramesside (plural Ramessides)

1. Any of these eleven pharaohs.