Ahmose (18th dynasty)

Ahmose (“Child of the Moon”) was an ancient Egyptian prince and High Priest of Re during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Ahmose
High Priest of Re in Heliopolis
Dynasty	18th Dynasty
Pharaoh	Thutmose IV
Father	probably Amenhotep II
Mother	probably Tiaa

Ahmose in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC)

Life

Ahmose was probably a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II.^[1] He was in office as High Priest of Re in Heliopolis during the reign of his brother Thutmose IV. A stela of his, which originally stood probably in Heliopolis, is now in Berlin, his broken statue (probably from Koptos) is in Cairo.^[2]