Ramose was an
ancient Egyptian general, mainly known from his tomb excavated at
Saqqara. Ramose appears in the inscriptions of his tomb with several titles, including ''Generals of the army'' (''ḥry-pḏt n p3 mš3''), ''General of the Lord of the
Two Lands'', ''deputy of the army'' (''idnw n p3 mš3'') and ''priest'' Ramose lived at the end of the
18th Dynasty and started his career most likely under general
Haremhab
Horemheb, also spelled Horemhab or Haremhab ( egy, ḥr-m-ḥb, meaning "Horus is in Jubilation") was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC). He ruled for at least 14 years between 1319 BC and 1292 BC. ...
(before the latter became king).
The tomb of Ramose consists of the underground burial chambers and the overground chapel. The chapel is
mudbrick
A mudbrick or mud-brick is an air-dried brick, made of a mixture of loam, mud, sand and water mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw. Mudbricks are known from 9000 BCE, though since 4000 BCE, bricks have also bee ...
-built and has two courtyards. The entrance is on the east side. At the very back there are three chapels.
The tomb of Ramose lies directly next to the
one of Haremhab, that he built when he was general and not yet king. In the tomb of Haremhab appears also a close servant of Horemhab with the title ''scribe of the army'' and the name Ramose. It seems likely that these two people with the name Ramose are identical. Not much more is known about him. His tomb was found heavily looted, but it seems that he was buried there as there were found
shabtis with his name. On the shabtis he bears the title ''priest''.
Before the tomb of Ramose was found, there were some speculations about the Ramose depicted in the tomb of Haremhab. The successor of Haremhab as king was
Ramesses I and there were some discussions that Ramose later became king Ramesses I. With the discovery of his private tomb, this seems now unlikely.
[T. G. Martin: ''The Hidden Tombs of Memphis'', London 1991, , 119]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramose
Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt