Ahmose Inhapy

Ahmose Inhapi was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 17th dynasty and belonged to the family of Ahmosiden.

Family

Ahmose Inhapi was very likely a secondary wife of his half- sister and possibly Seqenenre, but it was previously assigned as a side wife of Kamose or Ahmose I.. She was also the mother of Ahmose Henuttjemehu whose nurse named Rai was also the Ahmose Nefertari by nurse. On her shroud the title King's Daughter and King's Wife are called.

Mummy

The Mummy [A 1] was discovered in the vicinity of the entrance corridor of B in DB320. It was unwrapped on 20 June 1886 by Gaston Maspero. Later Grafton Elliot Smith noticed that the mummy resembled by Seqenenre. Although she was embalmed carefully, her body was not much better conserved than their hastily mummified husband. The mummy itself was wrapped in a shroud and had a garland of flowers around his neck. Smith described the mummy as that of a "big, powerfully built woman." The body was aligned in the normal position, with the arms vertical along the sides. Her dark brown skin was after Smith " gentle, moist and chewy, like oiled leather ."

Smith compared the mummy mummies from the Coptic period later, but noticed that distinguished the cuts of embalming significantly. Oddly enough, some pelvic organs, despite the cuts still in its original location. Smith led the facial deformities back to atrophy under the skin and on the fact that an indefinite object, perhaps a pektorales ornament, was pressed the swollen skin. In addition, seemed to have been scattered like Seqenenre, aromatic powdered wood on Inhapis body. According to the nature of their braided hair to judge the mummy seems to be dated to the early New Kingdom.

Inhapis mummy was in the outer coffin ( CG61004 ) of the Lady Rai, a nursemaid of Ahmose - Nefertari found. Although the gold leaf of the coffin and replaced the ocular inserts were removed, the symbolic figures of Isis and Nephthys were preserved at the foot end, which is probably due to the work of antique restorers (after Reeves ).

Based on the handwriting on the note on the Shroud Osirifizierung the mummy was probably at the same time instead, as the mummies of Ahmose Satkamose, Satamun, Saamun, Ahmose I and Ahmose I Meritamun, ie, between the 7th and 8th year of government Psusennes I.

" Q3y the Inhapi "

The Umbettungsaktionen the royal mummies in the Deir el- Bahari in the 21st dynasty was often a place named " q3y the Inhapi " mentioned, who was also associated with the name " royal place where Amenhotep lies ". The place itself was long regarded as a description of the Cachette, since one there found the mummy of Amenhotep I.. q3y was translated with high altitude / high place, the Elizabeth Thomas suspected in the chamber E of the Cachette. A modern follow-up examination showed, however, that this chamber appeared unsuitable as a place for the q3y. In addition, the mummy of Inhapi was found on the steps of the descending corridor A, so it seems unlikely that the Cachette was intended for Inhapi. Reeves identified the q3y with the WNA grave, which is located high in the rocks near Deir el- Bahari on the road between the King's and the Cachette. Erhart Graefe translated q3y however, as hills and located the place in the necropolis of Dra Abu el- Naga, which also served as a burial place of Seqenenre and Amenhotep I.. He sees the grave of Amenhotep I as the sought interim storage facility for the royal mummies.