Editing Ramesses I (section)

==Reign==
[[File:Ramses I.jpg|thumb|left|Ramesses I making an offering before [[Osiris]], [[Allard Pierson Museum]]]]
Upon his accession, Paramessu changed his [[Nomen (Ancient Egypt)|nomen]], or personal name to Ramesses. This is transliterated as ''rʿ-ms-sw'', and is usually realised as Ramessu or Ramesses, meaning 'Ra bore him'. Ramesses also assumed a [[Prenomen (Ancient Egypt)|prenomen]], or royal name. When transliterated, the prenomen is ''mn-pḥty-rʿ'', which is usually interpreted as Menpehtyre, meaning "Established by the strength of [[Ra]]". However, he is better known by his nomen of Ramesses. Already an old man when he was crowned, Ramesses appointed his son, the later pharaoh [[Seti I]], to serve as the Crown Prince and chosen successor. Seti was charged with undertaking several military operations during this time—in particular, an attempt to recoup some of Egypt's lost possessions in [[Syria]]. Ramesses appears to have taken charge of domestic matters: most memorably, he completed the second [[pylon (architecture)|pylon]] at [[Karnak|Karnak Temple]], begun under Horemheb.

Ramesses I reigned briefly, as evidenced by the lack of contemporary monuments mentioning him: the king had little time to build any major buildings in his reign and was hurriedly buried in a small and hastily finished tomb.<ref name="tyldesley">{{Cite book|title=Ramesses: Egypt's greatest pharaoh|last=Tyldesley|first=Joyce|year=2001|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=9780140280975|oclc=932221233|pages=37–38}}</ref> According to the Jewish historian [[Josephus]], in his book [[Contra Apionem]] which translated [[Manetho]]'s Aegyptiaca, Manetho assigns this king a reign of 16 months, but this pharaoh certainly ruled Egypt for a minimum of 17 months based on his highest-known{{Clarify|reason=Define what is meant by highest|date=May 2024}} date which is a Year 2 II Peret day 20 (Louvre C57) stela which ordered the provision of new endowments of food and priests for the [[Egyptian temple|temple]] of [[Ptah]] within the Egyptian [[Buhen#Fortress|fortress of Buhen]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The monuments of Seti I: epigraphic, historical and art historical analysis|last=Brand|first=Peter J|date=2000|publisher=Brill|isbn=9004117709|location=Leiden; Boston; Köln|language=en|pages=289, 300 and 311|oclc = 247341737}}</ref> In contrast, Ramesses I's son and successor, Seti I, assumed the throne five months later after the erection of this stela on III Shemu day 24 which means that Ramesses I had a minimum reign of 17 months (or one year and five months).<ref name="beckerath"/> However, based on a papyrus document published by Robert J. Demarée in a 2023 publication, Demarée argues that Ramesses I's predecessor, Horemheb, died on III Shemu 22 based on evidence in Papyrus Turin Cat. 1898 + Cat. 1937 + Cat. 2094/244, which is a journal diary.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Demarée |first1=Robert J. |title=Two Papyrus Fragments with Historically Relevant Data |journal=Rivista del Museo Egizio |date=2023 |volume=7 |doi=10.29353/rime.2023.5078 |url=https://rivista.museoegizio.it/article/two-papyrus-fragments-with-historically-relevant-data/ |access-date=25 November 2023|doi-access=free }}</ref> If confirmed, this would mean that Ramesses I actually had a reign of approximately two full years since he would have ascended to the throne around III Shemu 23 soon after Horemheb's death on III Shemu 22 and died about two years later around the very same day since Ramesses I's son, Seti I, succeeded his father on III Shemu 24.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070610181114/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0009/NQ35116.pdf The Monuments of Seti I and their Historical Significance: Epigraphic, Art and Historical Analysis (PDF) 1998 pp.339-341] by Peter Brand</ref>

[[Image:Abydos chapel reliefs of Ramesses I by John Campana.jpg|thumb|Reliefs from the Abydos chapel of Ramesses I. The chapel was specifically built and dedicated by [[Seti I]] in memory of his late father.]]
Ramesses I's only known action was to order the provision of endowments for the aforementioned Nubian temple at Buhen and "the construction of a chapel and a temple (which was to be finished by his son) at Abydos."<ref>{{Cite book|title=A history of ancient Egypt|last=Grimal|first=Nicolas-Christophe|date=1992|publisher=Blackwell|isbn=0631174729|location=Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts|language=en|page=245|oclc = 872585819}}</ref>