Ahmose (18th dynasty)

Ahmose
High Priest of Re in Heliopolis
Egyptian name
Dynasty18th Dynasty
PharaohThutmose IV
Fatherprobably Amenhotep II
Motherprobably Tiaa

Ahmose (“Child of the Moon”) was an ancient Egyptian prince and High Priest of Re during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

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]

Sources

  1. ^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.137
  2. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit., pp.137
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