Editing Ramesses VII (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian sixth pharaoh of the 20th dynasty}}
{{Infobox pharaoh
| name           = Ramesses VII
| alt_name       = Ramses VII, Rameses VII
| image          = Tomb KV1 Ramesses VII Lepsius.jpg
| ImageSize      = 
| image_alt      =
| caption        = Ramesses VII from tomb KV1, drawn by [[Karl Richard Lepsius]]
| role           =
| reign          = c. 1136&ndash;1129 BC
| dynasty        = [[Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt|20th&nbsp;Dynasty]]
| coregency      =
| predecessor    = [[Ramesses VI]]
| successor      = [[Ramesses VIII]]

| notes          =
| prenomen       = Usermaatre Setepenre Meriamun<br>''Wsr-m3ˁ.t-Rˁ-stp-n-Rˁ-mr.j-Jmn''<br>''Rich in [[Maat]] like [[Ra]], the chosen one of Ra, beloved of Amun''<br><hiero>M23:t-L2:t-<-N5-F12-C12-N5-U21:N35-U6-></hiero>
| prenomen_hiero = 
| nomen          = Ramesisu Itiamun Netjerheqaiunu <br> ''Rˁ-msj-sw-jt.j-Jmn-nṯr-ḥq3-Jwnw'' <br> ''Ra has fashioned him, his father is Amun, god of [[Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]]'' 
| nomen_hiero    = <hiero>N5-C12-F31-O34:O34-M17-X1-R8-S38-O28</hiero>
| horus          = Kanakht Anemnesu <br /> ''K3-nḫt-ˁn-m-ns.w'' <br /> ''Strong bull, magnificent of royalty''
| horus_hiero    = <hiero>E2-D40:D36-N35:D6-G17-M23-A42</hiero>
| horus_prefix   = <!-- Default is <hiero>G5</hiero> -->
| nebty          = Mekkemet Wafkhastiu <br /> ''Mk-Kmt-wˁf-ḫ3st.jw'' <br /> ''Protector of Egypt, he who vainquishes the foreigners''
| nebty_hiero    = <hiero>G17-D36:V31:Y1-I6:X1*O49-G43-D36:I9:V1-Y1V-A24-N25:X1*Z1-T14-A1-B1-Z3-N25</hiero>
| golden         = Userrenput-mi-Amum<br>''Wsr-rnp.wt-mj-Jtm''<br>''The golden falcon, rich in years like [[Atum]]''
| golden_hiero   = <hiero>F12-M4*M4*M4-W19-C12</hiero>

| spouse         =
| children       = Ramesses
| father         = [[Ramesses VI]]
| mother         = [[Nubkhesbed]]
| birth_date     =
| death_date     = 1129 BC
| burial         = [[KV1]]
| monuments      = 
}}

Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun '''Ramesses VII''' (also written '''Ramses''' and '''Rameses''') was the sixth [[pharaoh]] of the [[Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt|20th Dynasty]] of [[Ancient Egypt]]. He reigned from about 1136 to 1129&nbsp;BC<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Shaw |editor-first=Ian |title=The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt |year=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-815034-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordhisto00shaw/page/481 481] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordhisto00shaw/page/481 }}</ref> and was the son of [[Ramesses VI]]. Other dates for his reign are 1138–1131&nbsp;BC.<ref>Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Handbook of Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill: 2006, p.493</ref> The Turin Accounting Papyrus 1907+1908 is dated to Year 7 III Shemu day 26 of his reign and has been reconstructed to show that 11 full years passed from Year 5 of Ramesses VI to Year 7 of his reign.<ref>Raphael Ventura, "More Chronological Evidence from Turin Papyrus Cat.1907+1908," JNES 42, Vol.4 (1983), pp.271-277</ref>