Ahmose (princess)
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 Ahmose's body in Museo Egizio, Italy | ||||||
Resting place | Museo Egizio, Piedmont, Italy | |||||
| Years active | c. 1550 BC | |||||
| Parent(s) | Tao Sitdjehuti | |||||
Ahmose ("Child of the Moon"; fl. c. 1550 BC)[1] was a princess of the 17th Dynasty of Egypt.
Biography
She was the only known daughter of Tao by his (half-)sister Sitdjehuti. She was the half-sister of Pharaoh Ahmose I and Queen Ahmose-Nefertari. Her titles are King's Daughter; King's Sister.[1]
Burial
Tomb QV 47
She was buried in the tomb QV47 in the Valley of the Queens.[1] Her tomb is thought to be the first to be constructed in the Valley of the Queens. The tomb is fairly simple and consists of an entrance shaft and a burial chamber. The tomb is located in a subsidiary valley named the Valley of Prince Ahmose.
Mummy
The mummy of Princess Ahmose was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli during his excavations from 1903-1905. Her mummy is now in Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy.[1]
Funerary goods
Besides the mummy, Schiaparelli also found funerary items including a fragment of her coffin, leather sandals, and fragments of a piece of linen inscribed with some 20 chapters of the Book of the Dead. All of these items are housed in Turin.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p. 128. LCCN 2003-110207. OL 3697922M.
- ↑ Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 2. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, Griffith Institute. 1964.
External links
- Theban Mapping Project – Plan of the tomb and other details.