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Ahmose-Siebana
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Life
Dynasty Seventeenth Dynasty

Eighteenth Dynasty

Titles Marine Commander

Soldier

Legacy
Family Abana (father)
Burial el-Kab


Ahmose was the son of Abana serving in the Egyptian Military as a marine commander under Ahmose I during the expulsion of the Hyksos[1] . During his many battles he severed numerous hands of his enemies after battle and attached them to a rope-coil. He was rewarded with slaves and land for the amount of people he killed. This is all mentioned in his tomb biography.[2]

He was eventually buried at El-Kab the walls of his tomb reading:

I have grown old,
I have reached old age,
Favored as before and loved (by my Lord).
I now [rest] in the tomb I myself made.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rosalind, M. and Janssen, J.J. (1996) Getting Old in Ancient Egypt London: Rubicon Press.
  2. McDermott, B.(2004) Warfare In Ancient Egypt London: Sutton Publishing Limited.
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