Ahmose-Nefertari
Ahmose-Nefertari was the mother of Amenhotep I who was deified after her death. She became a venerated ancestral deity in ancient Egyptian religion.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1550 BCE
- Attested period
- -1550 – 0
- Historical notes
- New Kingdom royal figure deified posthumously.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ahti, Amathaunta, Amn, Anet, Anhefta, Anit, Anuke, Aperet-Isis, Bairthy, Besna, Esna, Hedetet, Heptet, Heret-Kau, Hert-ketit-s, Hert-Nemmat-Set, Hert-sefu-s, Heru-pa-kaut, Heset, Hetepes-Sekhus, Iaret, Ipy, Iw, Ken, Khefthernebes, Matit, Nakith, Perit, Pesi, Qerhet, Rekhit, Iunmutef, Hatshepsut, God's Wife of Amun, Neferure, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Astarte, Ammit, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Khensit, Mafdet, Meskhenet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Beset, Anat, Kebechet, Nebethetepet, Iusaaset, Qed-her, Nehmetawy, Abaset, Khereduankh, Baalat Gebal, Hatmehit, Henet, Pelican, Iabet, Iat, Meret, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Nebtuwi, Ištar, Amun
- parent of
- Amenhotep I, Ahmose-Meritamun
- allied with
- Amenhotep I
Mentioned by
- Amesemi
- Mehit
- Qetesh
- Astarte
- Ammit
- Meretseger
- Mehet-Weret
- Khensit
- Mafdet
- Meskhenet
- Iunit
- Raet-tawy
- Beset
- Anat
- Kebechet
- Nebethetepet
and 17 more
Sources
Source passages
“Ahmose-Nefertari – The mother of Amenhotep I, deified”
#24937 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“At Deir el-Medina, Meryetamen is attested with the title of “Great Royal Wife” on a stela showing her shaking sistrums before Ahmose-Nefertari and her son Amenhotep I, the deified rulers and protectors of the Theban necropolis.”
#40163 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The first royal wife to hold this new title (not to be mistaken with the title of God's Wife) was Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, the wife of Ahmose I, and this event is recorded in a stele in the temple of Amun at Karnak, and the role was a priestly post of importance in the temple of Amun in Thebes.”
#40583 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001