Ahmose-Nebetta (or Ahmose-Nebta) was an Egyptian 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 Pharaoh, pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, Second Intermediate Period, approx ...

in the late

Second Intermediate Period The Second Intermediate Period dates from 1700 to 1550 BC. It marks a period when ancient Egypt was divided into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. The concept of a Secon ...

. She was probably the daughter of

Seqenenre Tao Seqenenre Tao (also Seqenera Djehuty-aa or Sekenenra Taa, called 'the Brave') was a pharaoh who ruled over the last of the local kingdoms of the Theban region of Egypt in the Seventeenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. Famil ...

and Queen

Ahhotep I Ahhotep I (, alternatively Anglicized ''Ahhotpe'' or ''Aahhotep'', " Iah (the Moon) is satisfied") was an ancient Egyptian queen who lived , during the end of the Seventeenth Dynasty and beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Her title ...

. She was the sister of

Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

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 ...

of who was the founder of the

Eighteenth Dynasty The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty ...

Life

Ahmose-Nebetta ( “Child of

Iah IAH may refer to: * George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA code), an airport in Houston, Texas, United States * Iah, a god of the moon in ancient Egyptian religion * Iah (queen) Iah (also Yah, Jah or Aah = "Moon";Allen, James P. (2000). ' ...

(the Moon) - Lady of the Land”) was likely a daughter of

. She may have married her brother

, 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 beca ...

was the

Great Royal Wife Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife () is the title that was used to refer to the Queen consort, principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many official functions. Description While most ancient Egyptians were ...

.Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. pp 88-90,

Attestations

Her titles include ''King's Daughter'' and ''King's Sister''. Her main attestation is an early

statue of a princess at the Louvre (N 496) which identifies her as a king's daughter, as a king's sister and as the daughter of Queen

. On this statue their names are written within a cartouche.

Louvre E 15682 (weak)

A statue of a young seated man identified as Senior King's Son (sꜣ-nsw smsw) Ahmose, with the royal name of Seqenenre (nomen on the back and front left side), also mentions Great King's Daughter (sꜣt-nsw wrt) Ahmose.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/1/inscription/2895#22421 It may refer to Ahmose-Nebetta, but is missing the name-element Nebetta and has a different title. Her name is not in a cartouche. This statue names another princess named Ahmose, the other might represent Ahmose-Nefertari.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.

Non-Contemporary Attestations

Ahmose-Nebetta is depicted in the tomb of Inherkau (

TT359 The Theban Tomb TT359, also referred to as the Tomb of Inherkhau, 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, w ...

) 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 together constitute ...

as one of the "Lords of the West". She is shown in the top row behind

Ahmose-Tumerisy The following is a list of mummies that include Egyptian pharaohs and their named Ancient Egyptian funerary practices, mummified family members. Some of these mummies have been found to be remarkably intact, while others have been damaged from Gr ...

and in front of

Ahmose Sapair Ahmose-Sapair (also -Sipair) was a prince of the late Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (1580–1550 BCE). Family He was probably a son of Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao and a brother of Ahmose I, p.129 or the child of Ahmose I.Wente, Edward F. ''Thutmose I ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmose-Nebetta Princesses of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt 16th-century BC Egyptian women