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> A later example which I like to trot out is the
> "Nebkheperuia" "throne name" for Tutankhamun. In
> all the books I have on anything to do with the
> Amarna Period, this gets a mention just once,
> unless I missed something, and in one of Hawass's
> books, and he makes no comment, no explanation.
> Reeves does not mention the name that some items
> of jewelry spell, and just passes of one of the
> items as a "Coronation scene", which I think it is
> not at all.

It's a throne name, so it's one that he chose for himself OR --more likely-- was chosen for him by an advisor/parent/family member (given that he ascended the throne at a very young age.) We see that his successor, Ay, also had a throne name (praenomen) connected with Re.

-- Byrd
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