Ahmose (18th dynasty)
Ahmose (“Child of the Moon”) was an ancient Egyptian prince and High Priest of Re during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
| Ahmose High Priest of Re in Heliopolis | |
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| Dynasty | 18th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Thutmose IV |
| Father | probably Amenhotep II |
| Mother | probably Tiaa |
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| Ahmose in hieroglyphs |
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Life
Ahmose was probably a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II.[1] He was in office as High Priest of Re in Heliopolis during the reign of his brother Thutmose IV. A stela of his, which originally stood probably in Heliopolis, is now in Berlin, his broken statue (probably from Koptos) is in Cairo.[2] The first syllable of his name is spelled as a crescent moon.
Sources
- Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.137
- Dodson & Hilton, op.cit., pp.137
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