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Prince Wadjmose seated on the lap of his tutor Paheri  [ de; es ]

Wadjmose was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 18th Dynasty; a son of Pharaoh Thutmose I. [1]

Biography

He is likely to have been born a few years before his father ascended the throne. He had a brother named Amenmose; it is disputed who their mother was. If they were born to Queen Ahmose, they were full brothers of Hatshepsut and Nefrubity. [1] On the other hand, Wadjmose may have been the son of Queen Mutnofret and thus a full brother of Thutmose II. [2]

Wadjmose is depicted in the El Kab tomb of himself and Amenmose's tutor Paheri  [ de; es ], as sitting on Paheri's lap. He is thought to have predeceased his father. [1] Wadjmose and another prince named Ramose were mentioned in the Theban funerary chapel of Thutmose I where Queen Mutnofret is also included. [2] This chapel may have been erected during the reign of Thutmose II between the places where later the mortuary temple of Thutmose IV and the Ramesseum were built. A statue of Mutnofret was found here, making it likely that she was his mother. [1]

Wadjmose's name occurs written in a cartouche, which is quite rare for princes. [3]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN   0-500-05128-3 pp.130-131,140
  2. 1 2 Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006, p. 91, ISBN   0-500-05145-3
  3. Dodson & Hilton, p.25

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