| Ahmose-Inhapy | ||||||
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 Ahmose Henuttamehu and another royal lady, possibly Ahmose Inhapi | ||||||
| Burial | ||||||
| Spouse | Seqenenre Tao ? | |||||
| Issue | Ahmose-Henuttamehu | |||||
| Egyptian name |
Jꜥḥ ms Jnḥꜥpj | |||||
| Dynasty | 17th of Egypt 18th of Egypt | |||||
| Father | Senakhtenre Ahmose ? | |||||
Ahmose-Inhapy orAhmose-Inhapi (referred to asAnhapou by Maspero) was a princess and queen of the late17th Dynasty and early18th Dynasty.
She was probably a daughter of PharaohSenakhtenre and was sister to PharaohSeqenenre Tao, and the queensAhhotep andSitdjehuti. She probably marriedSeqenenre Tao,[2][3] but it is possible she dates to the later time ofAhmose I (or evenAmenhotep I).[4]
She had a daughter namedAhmose-Henuttamehu. Ahmose Inhapy was mentioned in a copy of theBook of the Dead owned by her daughter Ahmose-Henuttamehu, and in the tomb of Amenemhat (TT53). Her titles were:King's Wife andKing's Daughter.[3]
A tomb was made for Inhapy inThebes, referred to in dockets on mummies that were reburied there during thewhm-mswt as the "k3y ("high place") of Inhapy";[5] hermummy was later reburied inDB320 where it was discovered in 1881 and is now in theEgyptian Museum inCairo.[3]
The mummy was found in the outer coffin ofLady Rai, the nurse of Inhapy's niece QueenAhmose-Nefertari. It was unwrapped byGaston Maspero on June 26, 1886, and was later examined byGrafton Elliot Smith who described Inhapi as a big, strong-built woman with a strong resemblance to her brother. Smith dates her burial to the later years of the reign ofAhmose I. The mummy had a garland of flowers around its neck. The body was laid out with her arms by her side, and the skin of the mummy was of a dark-brown color. The outer layer of the skin was still present and no evidence of salt was found. This may mean that the body was not immersed in natron as described byHerodotus,Diodorus and others. An incision was made in the left side to allow for the removal of the organs and the cavity may have been treated with natron. The body was sprinkled with aromatic powdered wood and wrapped in resin soaked linen.[6]
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