Ahmose-ankh was a crown prince during the reign of

Ahmose I Ahmose I (''Amosis'', ''Aahmes''; meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born") was a pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. His reign is usually d ...

(r. 1570-1546 BC high chronology) in the early

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Family

He was the son of Pharaoh

and Queen

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 ...

. He was the crown prince but pre-deceased his father, thus the next pharaoh was his younger brother Amenhotep I. His sister was Ahmose-Meritamun. As his father ascended the throne at the age of 10, Ahmose-ankh must have been born well into the reign. Secondly, he seems to have died at the second part of his fathers reign which lasted 25 years. As a result, Ahmose-ankh was most likely around 20 years old or younger when he died.

Attestation

* Harari, ASAE 56 , A

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which depicts him with his parents (

Luxor Museum Luxor Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt. It stands on the corniche, overlooking the east bank of the River Nile. Establishment The Luxor Museum was inaugurated in 1975. It is a two-story building. The range of ...

).https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/5/inscription/21393#62296

Bibliography

* Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt.

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, 2004, , p. 129

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmose-ankh Princes of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian heirs apparent who never acceded 16th-century BC Egyptian people Children of Ahmose I