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Estela de Ahmosis

The stela of King Ahmose was discovered in the mortuary monument dedicated to Queen Tetisheri. It describes the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt by Ahmose, establishing the 18th dynasty. The stela shows King Ahmose presenting offerings to his grandmother, Queen Tetisheri. The hieroglyphs and figures are finely carved. It also depicts a conversation where Ahmose decides to build a special monument for Tetisheri, unlike what any previous king had done for their mother.

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Estela de Ahmosis

The stela of King Ahmose was discovered in the mortuary monument dedicated to Queen Tetisheri. It describes the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt by Ahmose, establishing the 18th dynasty. The stela shows King Ahmose presenting offerings to his grandmother, Queen Tetisheri. The hieroglyphs and figures are finely carved. It also depicts a conversation where Ahmose decides to build a special monument for Tetisheri, unlike what any previous king had done for their mother.

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Stela of King Ahmose Limestone JE 36335 H. 225cm; W. 106.5cm = CG 34002 Abydos.

Discovered in the mortuary monument dedicated by Ahmose to the Queen Tetisheri. Excavations of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903. New Kingdom, beginning of the 18 dynasty, reign of Ahmose, 1554-1529 B.C. The Middle Kingdom was followed by an obscure period in which Egypt, governed by a series of ineffective monarchs, was divided into separate regions and finally weakened by a foreign invasion from Asia. The invaders, whom Manetho names the Hyksos, settled at Avaris in the Delta. The Theban princes led a long and determined struggle against the Hiksos, and eventually succeeded in liberating the country. It was under Ahmose that the expulsion of the Hyksos and the establishment of the new regime took place. The new dynasty, the Eighteenth, proved to be one of Egypts most glorious periods. Ahmose began the dynastys long series of the territorial conquests. In Egypt, he restored the temples and dedicated new sanctuaries. He also began tu venerate his ancestors, as is shown on this stela dedicated to this grandmother, Queen Tetisheri. The stelas decoration displays a remarkable clarity. In the lunette, the figures seem lightly etched with a chisel, a technique well known from the Middle Kingdom in which relief sculpture remains very low. The hieroglyphs of the main text are in sunk relief, carved with a flat base and extremely clean lines. Underneath the winged sun disk, from which hang two uraei, a tableau divided into two symmetrical scenes shows King Ahmose presenting offerings to Queen Tetisheri. He stands in the traditional offering pose, and wears the blue crown in the left hand scene, and the double crown on the right. He wears a kilt with a sporran and an animal tail, and grasps a tall staff and a ritual mace in his hand. Seated upon her throne, Tetisheri wears a long garment and a wig which is covered with a vultures body surmounted by two tall feathers. She holds the floral scepter, a characteristic attribute of queens. The text inscribed beneath the tableau records a conversation between Ahmose and his sister and wife, Ahmose-Nefertari. Seated in the audience hall of the palace, they consider how to best pay homage tu their dead and provide their offerings on festival days. After his wife asks how the idea came to him, Ahmose replies that he was thinking especially of the mother of his mother, and mother of this father, the Great Royal Wife and Kings Mother, Tetisheri. Even though she already possesses a tomb at Thebes and mortuary chapel at Abydos, the secred necropolis of Abydos. The edifice consists of a pyramid and a chapel to be endowed with a lake and plantations. It should be furnished with offerings, equipped with personnel, with land and livestock, and finally with priests who will guarantee the mortuary cult. Never, according to Ahmose, did any previous king do the like for his mother.

Estela del rey Ahmose Piedra caliza JE 36335 H. 225cm; W. 106.5cm = CG 34002 Abydos. Descubierto en el monumento funerario dedicado por Ahmose al Tetisheri Queen. Las excavaciones del Fondo de Exploracin de Egipto, 1903. Nuevo Reino, a partir de la dinasta 18 , el reinado de Ahmose, 1554-1529 BC El Imperio Medio fue seguido por un perodo oscuro en el que Egipto, que se rige por una serie de monarcas ineficaces, se dividi en regiones separadas y, finalmente, debilitado por una invasin extranjera de Asia. Los invasores, a los que Manetn los nombres de los hicsos, se asentaron en Avaris en el delta. Los prncipes de Tebas encabez una lucha larga y decidida contra los Hiksos, y finalmente logr liberar el pas. Fue bajo Ahmose que la expulsin de los hicsos y el establecimiento del nuevo rgimen llev a cabo. La nueva dinasta, la decimoctava, result ser uno de los perodos ms gloriosos de Egipto. Amosis comenz una larga serie de la dinasta de las conquistas territoriales. En Egipto, restaur los templos y santuarios dedicados nuevas. l tambin comenz a venerar a sus antepasados tu, como se muestra en esta estela dedicada a esta abuela, la reina Tetisheri. La decoracin de la estela muestra una notable claridad. En la luneta, las cifras parecen ligeramente grabado con un cincel, una tcnica bien conocida desde el Imperio Medio en el que la escultura en relieve sigue siendo muy bajo. Los jeroglficos del texto principal son en relieve hundido, tallada con una base plana y lneas extremadamente limpias. Por debajo del disco solar alado, del que cuelgan dos uraei, un cuadro dividido en dos escenas simtricas muestra rey Amosis presentar ofrendas a la reina Tetisheri. Se pone de pie en la tradicional ofrenda postura, y lleva la corona azul en la escena de la mano izquierda, y la doble corona a la derecha. Lleva una falda escocesa con un morral y una cola animal, y agarra un personal de alto y una maza ritual en la mano. Sentado en su trono, Tetisheri lleva un vestido largo y una peluca que se cubre con el cuerpo de un buitre coronada por dos plumas altas. Ella sostiene el cetro floral, un atributo caracterstico de las reinas. El texto inscrito bajo el cuadro registra una conversacin entre Ahmose y su hermana y esposa, Ahmose-Nefertari. Sentado en la sala de audiencias del palacio, consideran cmo pagar ma mi mejor homenaje a sus muertos y proporcionar sus ofertas en los das festivos. Despus de que su esposa le pregunta cmo surgi la idea de l, las respuestas Ahmose que estaba pensando sobre todo de "la madre de su madre, y la madre de su padre, la Gran Esposa Real y la Madre del Rey, Tetisheri." Aunque ella ya posee una tumba en Tebas y la capilla funeraria en Abydos, la necrpolis de Abydos secred. El edificio consta de una pirmide y una capilla a estar dotado de un lago y plantaciones. Se debern estar provistas de ofrendas, equipado con el personal,

con la tierra y el ganado, y finalmente con los sacerdotes que garanticen el culto funerario. Nunca, de acuerdo con Ahmose, ningn rey anterior lo como para su madre.

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