Ahmose Nefertari

Ahmose Nefertari, also Iahmose Nefertari or Ahmes - Nefertari (c. 1562 BC; † around 1495 BC) was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 18th dynasty and sister wife of Pharaoh Ahmose I.

Family

The origin of Ahmose Nefertari is not clear. With the title of "Daughter of a Great Royal Wife " she was probably a main line of Ahmosiden on, so it was either the daughter of Seqenenre and Ahhotep I. or of Kamose and Ahhotep II My husband and half-brother was Ahmose I. As a full sister they can be excluded because the skeletons of both mummies showed significant differences. Sure has three sons and two daughters, with most children probably died at a very young age. Ahmose Nefertari outlived her son Amenhotep I. She died in the reign of Thutmose I at the age of about 70 years.

Position

Queen Ahmose Nefertari led numerous titles: She was "King's Daughter ," " Royal Sister ," " Great Royal Wife ," " King's Mother " and " Mistress of the Two Lands ". Under her brother and husband Ahmose I is the first time her title " God's Wife of Amun " occupied, which was perhaps introduced to secure the throne claims by divine descent, the kingdom of God Amun in the form of earthly husband testifies to the throne. Subsequently Ahmose Nefertari was also conferred the priesthood of God's hand of Amun.

A stele found in the Temple of Karnak tells of the sale to the high priesthood of a " Second Prophet of Amun " to his brother, King Ahmose, thus came into the possession of their own lands. Your personal wealth enabled her to unprecedented performance of ritual sacrifice in all of Egypt. Then there are notes in Abydos, Thebes, Serabit el- Chadim and even in Sinai.

Ahmose Nefertari outlived her husband's brother Ahmose I and probably took for the still infant son Amenhotep I the regency. After the death of Amenhotep I, who was childless, she was instrumental for their outstanding position influence in determining Thutmose I as his successor, so that the succession took place in the dynastic change without turmoil.

Representations and worship

After the death of Ahmose Nefertari and Amenhotep I. Both were worshiped in the region of Deir el -Medina as protective deities. There, the " servant in the place of Maat " lived: artists and artisans, which the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and later also in the Valley of the Queens, created. Here can be found in private tombs about fifty pictures of the Queen, which they show as " Lady of Heaven " or "Noble of the West", and thus they represent the goddess of rebirth. Often it is therefore, as shown for instance in grave TT359, the grave of Inihercha, with black skin, which is a symbol of fertility and rebirth. In addition, Ahmose Nefertari was supplied cultic in their mortuary temple in Dra Abu el- Naga by its own priests quorum. Also in the royal cult buildings is shown as a deity: at Karnak, where she promises Ramses II " life and health ", also in the Ramesseum and at Abydos, and in the mortuary temple of Seti I. Gurnah, where she participates on their gods bark at Talfest. The last document that mentions the divine Ahmose Nefertari, comes from the XXI. Dynasty.

Tomb and mummy

The coffin of Ahmose Nefertari was at its discovery in the so-called " Deir el- Bahari " ( DB/TT320 ). Grave robbers had damaged the mummy in its previous, actual grave investment in Dra Abu el- Naga (AN B) and her right hand broken off, which they put back again after removal of the jewelry. Your coffin is a monumental Rishi coffin of almost three meters in length and is one of the most important art works of the early 18th Dynasty. It represents the queen with the crown of feathers of the kingdom of God Amun out its arms crossed over his chest and holding ankh signs.

Emil Brugsch wrapped the mummy of Ahmose Nefertari out in September 1885, buried them but for the time being at the museum in Cairo, as the remains of the Queen smelled unpleasant. Some time later the investigation in which it was found that Ahmose Nefertari who died at the age of about 70 years. The thin hair had been woven partly artificial braids to make it appear fuller. The Mummy Ahmose Nefertari is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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