Ramses VII

Ramses VII

▪ king of Egypt
flourished 12th century BCE

      king of ancient Egypt (Egypt, ancient) (reigned 1137–29 BCE), probably the son of Ramses VI; his reign is known chiefly from several important economics papyri.

      Two documents, one a ship's log and the other an account concerning the shipment of grain taxes to Thebes, have been assigned to the reign of Ramses VII. One reveals that the vast estates of the god Amon, scattered throughout Egypt, collected a large sum in taxes that was forwarded to his temple at Thebes, and the other text indicates that during this reign prices of commodities rose over earlier 19th- and 20th-dynasty (see ancient Egypt: The Ramesside period [19th and 20th dynasties (Egypt, ancient)]) levels. Beginning in the fourth year of his reign, grain prices specifically climbed sharply to triple their former levels. At the same time, however, both documents reveal that Nile River traffic was passing unimpeded between Upper (Upper Egypt) and Lower Egypt.

      Another fragmentary economics papyrus has been sufficiently reassembled to show that Ramses VII reigned seven years. It also confirms the inflation attested in the other documents. A tomb excavated for Ramses VII in the Valley of the Kings (Kings, Valley of the) at Thebes still contains his empty sarcophagus.

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