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Hieroglyph from Ahmose I's nomen

Ahmose I

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nb-pḥti͗-rꜤ — i͗Ꜥh-msi͗(w)

Expelled the Hyksos and reunified Egypt, founding the New Kingdom and the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Reign
1550 BC–1525 BC
Dynasty
Eighteenth Dynasty
Period
New Kingdomc. 1550 BC – 1070 BC
Also known as
AmasisAmosis
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Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

5 of 5 documented
O29v
L1G43
ꜤꜢ-ḫprw“Great of manifestations”
3 sources
  • Cairo Museum stela CG 34001
  • ASAE , 4, 27
  • Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 132-133, 1:H1
1 variant

Horus Name variant A

E1G17
R19X1

kꜢ-m-wꜢst

The bull in Thebes

N5V30F9
nb-pḥti͗-rꜤ"The possessor of the might of Ra"
3 sources
  • Bracelet of queen Ahhotep, CG 52069 (JE 4684)
  • ZÄS 136. 126–129, pl. XVII
  • Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 132-133, 1:T2
N12F31
i͗Ꜥh-msi͗(w)"Ahmose (Iah is born)"
3 sources
  • Bracelet of queen Ahhotep, CG 52069 (JE 4684)
  • ZÄS 136. 126–129, pl. XVII
  • Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 132-133, 1:E3
2 variants

Nomen (Birth Name) variant A

N12F31S29

i͗Ꜥḥms(i͗w)

Ahmose (Iah is born)

Nomen (Birth Name) variant B

N12F31S29D40

i͗Ꜥh-msi͗(w) nḫt

Ahmose (Iah is born) the victorious

X1X1
A53
F31X1
G43
twt-mswt"The (very) image of (re-)birth"
3 sources
  • Cairo Museum stela CG 34001
  • ASAE , 4, 27
  • Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 132-133, 1:N
S24O34N17N17
ṯs-tꜢwi͗"The one who has bound the Two Lands"
3 sources
  • Cairo Museum stela CG 34001
  • ASAE , 4, 27
  • Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 132-133, 1:G

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