Ahmose I

Ahmose I
Amosis, according to Manetho,[1] also Amasis,[2] Aahmes
A fragmentary statue of Ahmose I, Metropolitan Museum of Art[3]
A fragmentary statue of Ahmose I, Metropolitan Museum of Art[3]
Pharaoh
Reign25 regnal years
1570-1546 BC (HC)
1560–1537 BC
1551–1527 BC
1539–1514 BC[note 1]
25 years and 4 months (Manetho)
PredecessorKamose (Upper Egypt)
Khamudi (Lower Egypt)
SuccessorAmenhotep I
Royal titulary
Horus name
Aa kheperu
ꜤꜢ-ḫprw
Great of manifestations[22]
Great of Developments[23]
G5
O29L1G43
Nebty name
Tut mesut
Twt mswt
Perfect of Birth[23]
The (very) image of (re-)birth[22]
G16
t
t		 A53F31tG43
Golden Horus
Tjez tawy
Ṯs tꜢwy
He who knots together the Two Lands[23]
G8
S24
O34		 N17
N17
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Neb pehty re
Nb pḥty rꜤ
The Lord of Strength is Re[4]
M23L2
ra
nb		 F9
t t
Nomen
Iah mes(u)
IꜤḥ ms(w)
Iah (the moon god) is born (Ahmose)[4][22]
G39N5
iaHmss
ConsortAhmose-Nefertari, God's Wife of Amun, Ahmose-Sitkamose, Ahmose-Henuttamehu, Kasmut, Thenthapi
ChildrenAhmose-Meritamun
Ahmose-Sitamun
Siamun
Ahmose-ankh
Amenhotep I
Ramose
Mutnofret
FatherSeqenenre Tao
MotherAhhotep I
Died1546 BC (HC)
1527 BC (LC)
BurialMummy found in the Deir el-Bahri royal cache, but was likely originally buried in Abydos or Dra' Abu el-Naga'
MonumentsPalace at Avaris, Temple of Amun at Karnak, Temple of Montu at Hermonthis
Dynasty18th Dynasty

Ahmose I (Amosis, Aahmes; meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born"[24]) 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 dated to the mid-16th century BC at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age.

During his reign, Ahmose completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos from the Nile Delta, restored Theban rule over Lower- and Upper Egypt, and successfully reasserted Egyptian power in its formerly subject territories of Nubia and Canaan.[25] He then reorganized the administration of the country, reopened quarries, mines and trade routes and began massive construction projects of a type that had not been undertaken since the time of the Middle Kingdom. This building program culminated in the construction of the last pyramid built by native Egyptian rulers. Ahmose's reign laid the foundations for the New Kingdom, under which Egyptian power reached its peak.

  1. ^ Gardiner 1964, p. 168.
  2. ^ Columbia Encyclopedia 2008.
  3. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Clayton 2006, p. 100.
  5. ^ Woodward 1996, p. 46.
  6. ^ Murnane 2001, p. 519.
  7. ^ Romanosky 2001, p. 46.
  8. ^ Troy 2001, p. 525.
  9. ^ Grimal 1992, p. 392.
  10. ^ von Beckerath 1997, p. 189.
  11. ^ von Beckerath 1999, p. 286.
  12. ^ Bryan 2000, p. 207.
  13. ^ Rice 1999, p. 3.
  14. ^ Hayes 1978, p. 499.
  15. ^ Lehner 1997, p. 9.
  16. ^ Shaw & Nicholson 1995, p. 17.
  17. ^ Ryholt 1997, p. 410.
  18. ^ Dodson & Hilton 2004, p. 290.
  19. ^ Hornung 2012, p. 492.
  20. ^ a b Ramsey et al. 2010, p. 1556.
  21. ^ Ritner & Moeller 2014, p. 17.
  22. ^ a b c Leprohon 2013, p. 95.
  23. ^ a b c Wiener & Allen 1998, p. 3.
  24. ^ Leprohon 2013, p. 96.
  25. ^ Grimal 1992, p. 192.


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