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THE BURIALS OF AHMOSE I

Aidan Dodson

The mummy of Ahmose I (CG61057) was recovered from the TT320 royal cache REEVES 1990: 232, 236),

1 In

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other New Kingdom monarch cached in TT320; indeed, Ahmose’s family represents something

DODSON

POLZ 2007; POLZ and SEILER

PORTER and MOSS 1972: 422–3; VAN SICLEN 1980; POLZ

CARTER POLZ

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MANUELIAN AND LOEBEN

2

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3 that of Ahmose I (CARTER PORTER and MOSS

DODSON

POLZ 1995; ROSE

(KAMPP POLZ 4

Soleiman (KAMEL DODSON

THOMAS 1966: 70; SCHMITZ

(DODSON

JENNI (ED.)

POLZ

CURRELLY and WEIGALL STEPHEN HARVEY (1998),

POLZ

AYRTON, CURRELLY and WEIGALL

HARVEY 1998: 428–9; POLZ

AYRTON, CURRELLY and WEIGALL

34 KAMPP

POLZ K

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5 the second

Amenhotep I (ROMER DODSON 1988:

and his wife,6

after Ahmose’s death (GITTON 7

BRADBURY 1985), and

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monument (WEGNER ARNOLD

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7 BRADBURY

CARTER

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BibliographyARNOLD, D.2002 The pyramid complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur: architectural studiesAYRTON CURRELLY WEIGALL 1904 AbydosBRADBURY, L.

to the King', JARCECARTER

JEADODSON, A.

ZÄS, HAWASS

BROCK (EDS), Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000

GABOLDE, L., H. I. AMER, P. BALLET and M. CHAUVEAU

BIFAOGITTON, M.1981 L’épouse du dieu Ahmes Néfertary: documents sur sa vie et son culte posthume, 2nd

HARVEY, S. P.1998 The Cults of King Ahmose at AbydosJENNI, H. (ED)

Das Grab Siptahs (KV 47) und das Grab der Königin Tiaa (KV 32)KAMEL, I.

ASAEKAMPP, F.1996 Die thebanische Nekropole. Zum Wandel des Grabgedankens von der XVIII. bis zur XX. Dynastie

MANUELIAN, P. DER and C. E. LOEBEN

JEAPOLZ, D.

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Studies in Honor of Ali Radwan, CASAE 34/

2007 Der Beginn des Neuen Reiches: zur Vorgeschichte einer ZeitenwendePOLZ, D. and A. SEILER

2003 Die Pyramidenanlage des Königs Nub-Cheper-Re Intef in Dra’ Abu el-Naga: ein Vorbericht,

PORTER, B. and R. B. MOSS

1964 Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings , The Theban Necropolis: Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, 2nd

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REEVES, C. N.1990 Valley of the Kings: decline of a royal necropolisROMER, J.

MDAIKROSE, J. 2000 Tomb KV39 in the Valley of the KingsSCHMITZ, F.-J.1978 Amenophis I. Versuch einer Darstellung der Regierungszeit eines ägyptischen Herrschers der

frühen 18. Dynastie, HÄB VAN SICLEN, C. C.

Serapis: The American Journal of EgyptologyWEGNER, J.2007 The mortuary temple of Senwosret III at Abydos

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FIG. 1. Map of Dra Abu’l-Naga (after CARTER, KAMPP and OTHERS).

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FIG. 2. Plan and sections of tomb AN B (adapted from CARTER 1916).

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FIG. 3. Inscribed material from AN B (from CARTER 1916)

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FIG. 4. The funerary complex of Ahmose I at Abydos (after CURRELLY and HARVEY).