Ahmose
(Nebpehtire)
Horus name: Aakheperu
Nebty name: Tutmesut
Golden Falcon name: Tjestawy
Prenomen: Nebpehtire
Nomen: Ahmose
(From Digital
Egypt)
1549-1524
B.C.
Father: Sekenenre Tao II
Mother: Ahhotep I: King’s Great Wife, King’s
Daughter, King’s Sister, King’s Mother and God’s Wife of Amun. A stela
from Ahmose suggests that this Queen played an important role in the
expulsion of
the Hyksos.
She rallied the troops (or courtiers), possibly after the death of her
husband Sekenenre Tao or after the death of Kamose, who was her
brother-in-law,
or possibly her son.
Wives:
- Ahmose
Nefertari: King’s Great Wife, King’s Daughter, King’s Sister,
King’s Mother, God’s Wife of Amun, and Second Priest(ess) of Amun.
- Ahmose
Henuttamehu: King’s Wife, King’s Daughter and King’s Sister.
- Sitkamose: King’s Wife, God’s Wife, King’s Great
Wife, King’s Daughter. Based on her name she was a daughter of the
previous King Kamose. Her God’s Wife title was awarded posthumously.
Queen Ahmose-Nefertari (Met
Museum)
- Ahmose:
Eldest King’s Son. Known from a statue in the Louvre. It is possible
that this Prince would in time rule as King Ahmose.
It is also possible
that this is an older brother of the same name.
- Binpu:
King’s Son
- Ahmose Sipair:
King’s Son. Appears on several monuments. This prince may have
been the father of King Thutmosis I.
Sisters
- Ahmose
Nefertari: King’s Great Wife, King’s Daughter, King’s Sister,
King’s Mother, God’s Wife of Amun, and Second Priest(ess)
of Amun.
- Ahmose
Henuttamehu: King’s Wife, King’s Daughter and King’s Sister.
- Ahmose:
King’s Daughter and King’s Sister. She was
the daughter of Sekenenre Tao and Queen Sitdjehuty, and hence a
half-sister
of King Ahmose.
- Ahmose
Henutemipet: King’s Daughter and King’s Sister.
- Ahmose
Tumerisy: King’s Daughter and King’s Sister.
- Ahmose
Nebetta: King’s Daughter and King’s Sister.
Known from a statue identifying her as King’s daughter, King’s sister,
daughter of Ahhotep , King’s wife (of Sekenenre-Taa),
- (Ahmose-)Meryetamun:
King’s Daughter and King’s Sister.
Sons:
- Amenhotep (I)
- Ahmose-ankh:
First King’s Son. Son of Ahmose
and Ahmose-Nefertari.
- Siamun:
King’s Son
- Ramose:
King’s Son. Probably son of Ahmose
Daughters:
- Meryetamun: King’s Great Wife, King’s
Daughter, King’s
Sister, God’s Wife of Amun. Meryetamun married her brother Ahmose.
Buried in TT358.
- Sitamun:
God’s Wife, King’s Sister, King’s Daughter.
- Mutnofret:
King’s Mother, King’s Wife, King’s Sister,
King’s Daughter. Her titles indicate that she was most likely the
daughter of King Ahmose,
the sister of Amenhotep I, and became the wife of Thutmosis I who may
have been her cousin.
Some of the information about the royal family is supported by a
scene in the tomb of Khabeknet.
Click on image to see a larger
version of the scene.
From Lepsius, Abt
3, Band 5, Bl. 2
The
inscriptions (according to Kitchen)
"Offering all things good and
pure, of bread, beer, oxen, fowl,
libation(s), wine , milk and incense, for your spirits - For the lords
of eternity, by the hand of the servant in the place of Truth,
[...,justified]"
Top Row:
Lord of Both Lands, Djoserkare,
Lord of Crowns Amenophis (I)
Lady of Both Lands,
Ahmose-Nefertari, may she live and abide
Lord of Both Lands, Seqenenre,
Lord of Crowns, Ta'o the Valiant, given life like Re
Lady of Both Lands, Ahhotep,
given life like Re forever
King's Sister, Lady of Both
Lands, Merytamun, may she live
King's Sister, Ta-ireres(?),
may she live
God's Mother, Kaes-Mut, may she
live
King's Sister, Sitamun, may she
live
King's Son, [...]
Royal Lady - title and name
lost
Great Royal Wife, Hent-Tamehu,
may she live
King's Wife, Tures, may she live
God's Wife, Lady of Both
Lands,Ahmose, may she live and abide like Re
King's Son Sa-pair, may (s)he
live, and abide like Re forever and ever.
Bottom row:
Officiant: "Offereing all
things good and pure to your spirits, to
the Lords of the West, by the hand of the Servant of the Place of the
Truth, [...]"
Lord of Both Lands, Nebhepetre,
Lord of Crowns, Mentuhotep (II), given life like Re
Lord of Both Lands, Nebpehtyre,
Lord of Crowns, Ahmose (I), given life like Re
Good God, Lord of Both
Lands,Sekhentnebre, given life
Lord of Both Lands,
Wa[djkhe]perre, Lord of Crowns, Kamose, given life like Re forever
King's Son, Binpu, given life
like Re
King's Son, Wadjmose
King's Son, Ramose, given life
King's Son, Nebenkhuru (?),
given life
King's Son Ahmose, given life
like Re
God's Wife, Lady of Both Lands,
Kamose, may she live
God's Wife, Lady of Both Lands,
Sit-ir-bau, may she live
God's Wife, Lady of Both Lands,
Ta-khered-qa, may she live forever
God's Wife, Lady of Both Lands,
[...], [...]
[... rest, all lost ...]
Some of these men and women are not otherwise known to us.
Khabeknet's tomb dates to the Ramesside period and this scene is
related to the worship of Amenhotep I and his mother Ahmose-Nefertari.
Ahmose is known to have honored his grand-mother Tetisheri. A stela
(now in the Cairo Museum) shows Ahmose offering to Tetisheri.
Ahmose Nebpehtire shown twice
before Queen Tetisheri.
Ahmose ordered a 'shrine' to be built to the memory of Tetisheri in
Abydos. This shrine to Tetisheri was actually a
mud-brick
pyramid, with a slope of about 60 degrees. It is though that problems
with the construction led to the collapse of
the small pyramid--probably in ancient times.
(from a lecture given by Dr. Stephen Harvey)
The mummy of Ahmose
His mummy was found in one of the royal caches (DB320)
together with the mummies of his sister-wife Ahmose-Nefertari as well
as some of the lesseer ranking royal lades like Henuttamehu,
Henutemipet and Sitkamose.
Ahmose
died at an age of ca 35
-
40. He stood about 1.64 m tall (5ft 4 1/3 in).
http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/mummypages1/Early18.htm#Amosis
Officials
from the time of Ahmose
Ahmose,
Son of Ebana, Head
of the King's Sailors (Admiral), Parents: Baba, son of Ra-Inet,
(Army commander of Seqenenre-Taa II) and Ebana; Wives: Iput and Kema; Son: Meky; Daughter:
Kem, married to Atefrura (Tutor of the King's Son Wadjmose), mother of
Paheri. Grandsons:
Paheri (son of Atefrura and Kem), Heri-iri (son of Atefrura and
Sitamun) ; Ahmose,
son of Ebana,
served Kings Ahmose,
Amenhotep I and Tuthmosis I.
Ahmose
called Pen-nekhbet General. Served from the time of Ahmose
to Hatshepsut / Tuthmosis III. Hereditary
prince, count, wearer of the royal seal, chief treasurer, herald [of
his Lord,
....]
Ahmose
Si-Tayet, King’s Son of Kush
Hery overseer of the granary of the king's wife and
king's mother Ahhotep TT12;Mother: Ahmose.
Son: Ahmose
(another son and three daughters are shown)
Minmontu
: Known from a funerary cones from Thebes. See the
digitalegypt site for artifacts.
Sikhentekhtai Overseer of the two granaries of the
King’s
mother Ahhotep (probably mother of Amosis), etc., son of Sit-hor
(mother)
[GI]
Thuty: First Prophet of Amun and
Overseer of the treasurers. Time of Ahmose.
From funerary cone in the Metropolitan Museum.
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