Wadjmes

Wadjmes , also Wadj-mes , Wadjmose or Wadj-messu , was an ancient Egyptian prince at the time of the 18th Dynasty , ( New Kingdom ) and a son of Thutmose I.

Origin and family

Wadjmes as a child in the tomb of Paheri

Wadjmes was probably born a few years before his father Thutmose I ascended the throne. It is not certain that his mother was the great royal consort Ahmose , as only the two daughters Hatshepsut and Nofrubiti can be safely assigned to her based on the previous findings .

According to the Egyptologist Aidan Dodson , however, it is generally assumed that both Wadjmes and Amunmose were sons from this relationship. Michael Höveler-Müller, on the other hand, sees Wadjmes as a son of the concubine Mutnofret .

Like his brother Amunmose, Wadjmes died while his father was still alive, so that Thutmose I was succeeded by another son with Mutnofret, Thutmose II .

supporting documents

In the tomb of Paheri in El-Kab , Wadjmes is shown sitting on his tutor's lap. In the same tomb there is another representation that shows him together with his brother Amunmose. His name is preceded by the designation "son of the king" ( Sa nisut ). In Thebes-West , between the later Ramesseum and the mortuary temple of Thutmose IV, there is a chapel dedicated to him . It was probably built during the reign of his brother / half-brother Thutmose II. A statue of Queen Mutnofret was also found here.

literature

Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , pp. 130, 140-141.
Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. The ancient Egyptian kings from the early days to Roman rule. 2nd Edition. Artemis & Winkler, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 , p. 289.

Remarks

↑ Writing according to the representation in the tomb of Paheri.

Individual evidence

^ Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London 2004, p. 130.
↑ Michael Höveler-Müller : In the beginning there was Egypt. The history of the Pharaonic high culture from the early days to the end of the New Kingdom approx. 4000-1070 BC. Chr. (= Cultural history of the ancient world . Special volume 101). von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3444-3 , p. 190.

personal data
SURNAME	Wadjmes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wadj-mes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Son of Thutmose I.
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	15th century BC Chr.

[1] Writing according to the representation in the tomb of Paheri.

[2] Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London 2004, p. 130.

[3] Michael Höveler-Müller : In the beginning there was Egypt. The history of the Pharaonic high culture from the early days to the end of the New Kingdom approx. 4000-1070 BC. Chr. (= Cultural history of the ancient world . Special volume 101). von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3444-3 , p. 190.