Ahmose-Nebetta (alternatively written Ahmose-Nebta) (“Child of
Iah (the Moon) - Lady of the Land”) was a princess during the late
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVII, alternatively 17th Dynasty or Dynasty 17) was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period, approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC. Its mainly Theba ...
. She was probably the daughter of
Seqenenre Tao and Queen
Ahhotep I. She was the sister of
Pharaoh Ahmose I.
Life
Ahmose-Nebetta was likely a daughter of
Seqenenre Tao.
She may have married her brother
Ahmose I, but her sister
Ahmose-Nefertari
Ahmose-Nefertari (Ancient Egyptian: '' Jꜥḥ ms Nfr trj'') was the first Great Royal Wife of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She was a daughter of Seqenenre Tao and Ahhotep I, and royal sister and wife to Ahmose I. Her son Amenhotep I b ...
was the
Great Royal Wife
Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife ( Ancient Egyptian: ''ḥmt nswt wrt'', cop, Ⲟⲩⲏⲣ Ⲟⲩⲣϣ), is the title that was used to refer to the principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many official ...
.
[Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. pp 88-90, ]
Her titles include ''King's Daughter'' and ''King's Sister''. She is named on a statue of a prince Ahmose in the
Louvre (E 15682). Two daughters of Ahhotep I, both named Ahmose, are named and they are thought to represent Ahmose-Nefertari and Ahmose-Nebetta.
[Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ] A statue of a princess at the Louvre (N 496) identifies her as a king's daughter, as a king's sister and as the daughter of Queen
Ahhotep I.
[Michel Gitton, Les divines épouses de la 18e dynastie, Presses Univ. Franche-Comté, 1984, p 11, 16]
Ahmose-Nebetta is depicted in the tomb of Inherkau (
TT359
The Theban Tomb TT359 is located in Deir el-Medina, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian workman Inherkhau, who was ''Foreman of the Lord of the Two Lands ...
) which dates to the
20th Dynasty
The Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XX, alternatively 20th Dynasty or Dynasty 20) is the third and last dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1189 BC to 1077 BC. The 19th and 20th Dynasties furthermore toget ...
as one of the "Lords of the West". She is shown in the top row behind
Ahmose-Tumerisy and in front of
Ahmose Sapair.
References
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Princesses of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
16th-century BC women