Kraliçe Ankhesenamen (Ankhesenpaaten)

Kraliçe Ankhesenamen (Ankhesenpaaten)

Ankhesenamen, firavun Akhenaton ve kraliçe Nefertiti'nin (altı kızından) üçüncü kızlarıdır
Doğumdaki adı Ankhesenpaaten dir Yaklaşık 9 yaşında, başka anneden (Kia'dan) olan yarı kardeşi Tutankamon ile evlenerek kraliçe olmuştur Kral naibi Ay'ın etkisiyle ismini de Ankhesenamen olarak değiştirerek firavun ailesinin Aton dininden döndüğünü göstermiştir İlk evliliğinde en az 2 düşük yaptığını, Tutankhamon'un mezarında bulunan fetüs mumyaları ortaya koymuştur Tutankhamon'un ölümünden sonra Hitit kralına yazdığı mektuplar Hattuşaş da bulunmuştur Bu belgelerde korktuğunu söyleyerek kral Şupililouma'dan kendisine evlenmek üzere bir prens göndermesini istemiştir Yollanan prensin yolda öldürüldüğünü Hitit kaynakları anlatmaktadır İkinci defa vezir Ay ile evlenmesi bunun firavun olmasını sağlamıştır Bu evlilikten hemen sonra tarih sahnesinden silinen Ankhesenamen'in mezarı henüz bulunamamıştır[1]



Queen Ankhesenamen presents lotus flowers to Tutankhamen From an ivory box from Tutankhamen's tomb

Queen Ankhesenamen (English)

Titles: Hereditary Princess (iryt-pt), Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt), Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt), Sweet of Love (ndjmt-mrwt) Lady of Grace (nbt-im3t), Lady of Love (nbt-mrwt), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), Great Kings Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Kings Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw merytf), Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shmw -mhw)
Full title on some Amarna monuments

Kings Daughter of his body, his beloved Ankhes-en-pa-aten, born of the great royal wife, his beloved, Lady of the Two Lands (Neferneferuaten)| may she live (s3t-niswt-nt-khtf-merytf-anx-s-n-p3-itn-ms-n-hmt-niswt-wrt-merytf-nbt-t3wy-(itn-nfr-u-nfr-tyit)| anx-s)
Early years as Princess Ankhesenpaaten at the court at Amarna

Ankhesenamen was born Ankhesenpaaten She was the third daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti She appears on the monuments in Amarna roughly after year 5 or 6 of the reign of Akhenaten She is depicted in several of the tombs in Amarna and appears in other inscriptions and sculptures Later married King Tutankhamen



Princess Ankhesenpaaten stands on her mother's lap From a stela



Princess Ankhesenpaaten stands behind her two sisters, Meritaten and Meketaten They shake a sistrum as their parents, Akhenaten and Nefertiti, dedicate votive items to the Aten



Ankhesenpaaten stands behind her sisters Meritaten and Meketaten, while their parents hand rewards to the priest Parennefer Ankhesenpaaten is followed by a royal nurse and her aunt the Princes Mutnodjemet



The tribute from year 12 depicted in Huya's tomb Ankhesenpaaten is the left-most princes at the top She is shown affectionately caressing her sister's face
Ankhesenamen as Queen

Tutankhamen came to the throne at a very young age He must have been 7 or 8 years old It is not known how old Ankhesenpaaten was when she became Queen of Egypt It is usually thought that she must have been several years older than her husband After approximately 3 years on the throne the royal couple changed their names from Tutankhaten and Ankhesenpaaten to Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen The name change seems to have been accompanied by a move to the north Akhetaten was abandoned and the royal couple moved back to their palaces in Thebes and Memphis



Amun and Amunet in Karnak



A dyad from Luxor

Ankhesenamen is known to have been depicted on several monuments near Memphis In the temple tomb built by Horemheb before he became pharaoh we see Ankhesenamen behind Tutankhamen Sadly enough the top of the scene has been lost, but it appears that the royal couple is bestowing rewards on courtiers Evidence of Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen was also found at Dashur, This necropolis is slightly south of Saqqara and tombs from the time of Tutakhamen were found Some of the finds include signet rigns inscribed with the name of Ankhesenamen
When the tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered by Howard Carter, several items showed the image of Tutankhamen's Queen One of the most famous object is the golden throne which shows Ankhesenamen standing before her husband She is apparently annointing the king Ankhesenamen is shown wearing a short Nubian wig and her regalia consist of a modius consisting of uraei topped with the horned sundisk and the double plumes The sundisk and plumes associate her with the goddess Hathor

Another object showing Ankhesenamen with her husband is a beatiful golden shrine The shrine was found empty, but probably conatined a small statue in antiquity The outside of the shrine is decorated with many different scenes showing Ankhesenamen and Tutankhamen In several of the scenes Ankkhesenamen is shown with a short wig Sometimes combined with a side-lock She is shown offering lotus flowers and other objects to Tutankhamen In one sceen she stands behind the king in a papyrus skiff while hunting ducks in the marsh Ankhesenamen is depicted with a fly-whisk
Ankhesenamen is known to have been depicted on several monuments near Memphis In the temple tomb built by Horemheb before he became pharaoh we see Ankhesenamen behind Tutankhamen Sadly enough the top of the scene has been lost, but it appears that the royal couple is bestowing rewards on courtiers
Evidence of Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen was also found at Dashur, This necropolis is slightly south of Saqqara and tombs from the time of Tutakhamen were found Some of the finds include signet rigns inscribed with the name of Ankhesenamen



Ankhesenamen stands behind Tutankhamen in the tomb of Horemheb in Saqqara
When the tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered by Howard Carter, several items showed the image of Tutankhamen's Queen One of the most famous object is the golden throne which shows Ankhesenamen standing before her husband She is apparently annointing the king Ankhesenamen is shown wearing a short Nubian wig and her regalia consist of a modius consisting of uraei topped with the horned sundisk and the double plumes The sundisk and plumes associate her with the goddess Hathor

Another object showing Ankhesenamen with her husband is a beatiful golden shrine The shrine was found empty, but probably conatined a small statue in antiquity The outside of the shrine is decorated with many different scenes showing Ankhesenamen and Tutankhamen In several of the scenes Ankkhesenamen is shown with a short wig Sometimes combined with a side-lock She is shown offering lotus flowers and other objects to Tutankhamen In one sceen she stands behind the king in a papyrus skiff while hunting ducks in the marsh Ankhesenamen is depicted with a fly-whisk
In Tutankhamen's tomb there were also two mummies of small babies It' is possible that these two children were still-born children of Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen Ankhesenamen may have been the mother of a small girl seen in Amarna named Ankhesenpaaten-tasherit It's also possible however that this girl was a daughter of Kiya, or even of some other lady No surviving children of Ankhesenamen are known however
After Tutankhamen

After the death of Tutankhamen a queen referred to as Dahamunzu writes to King Suppiluliumas and asks him to send her a son

Records were found in the Hittite archive outlining this strange string of events After the death of King Tutankhamen, Queen Ankhesenamen wrote to the King of the Hittites and asked him to send her one of his sons She promises to marry the Prince and make him King of Egypt She claims to be afraid and declares that she will not marry any of her 'servants' King Suppiluliuma suspects some trick and sends one of his envoys to investigate After some time the King decides to send his son, Prince Zannanza, to Egypt The prince dies and the King expects foul play The last letters in the exchange show a correspondence between Aye and Suppiluliuma This shows that all of Ankhesenamen's machinations have come to naught

Ring linking the names of Ankhesenamen and Pharaoh Aye

[b]There is some indication that Ankhesenamen married Aye, but she disappears from history soon after that It is not known where she was buried, and no funerary objects with her name are known to exist This leaves the possibility that her tomb is still somewhere out there, waiting to be discovered

Kraliçe Ankhesenamen (Ankhesenpaaten)

Ankhesenamen, firavun Akhenaton ve kraliçe Nefertiti'nin (altı kızından) üçüncü kızlarıdır
Doğumdaki adı Ankhesenpaaten dir Yaklaşık 9 yaşında, başka anneden (Kia'dan) olan yarı kardeşi Tutankamon ile evlenerek kraliçe olmuştur Kral naibi Ay'ın etkisiyle ismini de Ankhesenamen olarak değiştirerek firavun ailesinin Aton dininden döndüğünü göstermiştir İlk evliliğinde en az 2 düşük yaptığını, Tutankhamon'un mezarında bulunan fetüs mumyaları ortaya koymuştur Tutankhamon'un ölümünden sonra Hitit kralına yazdığı mektuplar Hattuşaş da bulunmuştur Bu belgelerde korktuğunu söyleyerek kral Şupililouma'dan kendisine evlenmek üzere bir prens göndermesini istemiştir Yollanan prensin yolda öldürüldüğünü Hitit kaynakları anlatmaktadır İkinci defa vezir Ay ile evlenmesi bunun firavun olmasını sağlamıştır Bu evlilikten hemen sonra tarih sahnesinden silinen Ankhesenamen'in mezarı henüz bulunamamıştır[1]



Queen Ankhesenamen presents lotus flowers to Tutankhamen From an ivory box from Tutankhamen's tomb

Queen Ankhesenamen (English)

Titles: Hereditary Princess (iryt-pt), Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt), Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt), Sweet of Love (ndjmt-mrwt) Lady of Grace (nbt-im3t), Lady of Love (nbt-mrwt), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), Great Kings Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Kings Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw merytf), Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shmw -mhw)
Full title on some Amarna monuments

Kings Daughter of his body, his beloved Ankhes-en-pa-aten, born of the great royal wife, his beloved, Lady of the Two Lands (Neferneferuaten)| may she live (s3t-niswt-nt-khtf-merytf-anx-s-n-p3-itn-ms-n-hmt-niswt-wrt-merytf-nbt-t3wy-(itn-nfr-u-nfr-tyit)| anx-s)
Early years as Princess Ankhesenpaaten at the court at Amarna

Ankhesenamen was born Ankhesenpaaten She was the third daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti She appears on the monuments in Amarna roughly after year 5 or 6 of the reign of Akhenaten She is depicted in several of the tombs in Amarna and appears in other inscriptions and sculptures Later married King Tutankhamen



Princess Ankhesenpaaten stands on her mother's lap From a stela



Princess Ankhesenpaaten stands behind her two sisters, Meritaten and Meketaten They shake a sistrum as their parents, Akhenaten and Nefertiti, dedicate votive items to the Aten



Ankhesenpaaten stands behind her sisters Meritaten and Meketaten, while their parents hand rewards to the priest Parennefer Ankhesenpaaten is followed by a royal nurse and her aunt the Princes Mutnodjemet



The tribute from year 12 depicted in Huya's tomb Ankhesenpaaten is the left-most princes at the top She is shown affectionately caressing her sister's face
Ankhesenamen as Queen

Tutankhamen came to the throne at a very young age He must have been 7 or 8 years old It is not known how old Ankhesenpaaten was when she became Queen of Egypt It is usually thought that she must have been several years older than her husband After approximately 3 years on the throne the royal couple changed their names from Tutankhaten and Ankhesenpaaten to Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen The name change seems to have been accompanied by a move to the north Akhetaten was abandoned and the royal couple moved back to their palaces in Thebes and Memphis



Amun and Amunet in Karnak



A dyad from Luxor

Ankhesenamen is known to have been depicted on several monuments near Memphis In the temple tomb built by Horemheb before he became pharaoh we see Ankhesenamen behind Tutankhamen Sadly enough the top of the scene has been lost, but it appears that the royal couple is bestowing rewards on courtiers Evidence of Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen was also found at Dashur, This necropolis is slightly south of Saqqara and tombs from the time of Tutakhamen were found Some of the finds include signet rigns inscribed with the name of Ankhesenamen
When the tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered by Howard Carter, several items showed the image of Tutankhamen's Queen One of the most famous object is the golden throne which shows Ankhesenamen standing before her husband She is apparently annointing the king Ankhesenamen is shown wearing a short Nubian wig and her regalia consist of a modius consisting of uraei topped with the horned sundisk and the double plumes The sundisk and plumes associate her with the goddess Hathor

Another object showing Ankhesenamen with her husband is a beatiful golden shrine The shrine was found empty, but probably conatined a small statue in antiquity The outside of the shrine is decorated with many different scenes showing Ankhesenamen and Tutankhamen In several of the scenes Ankkhesenamen is shown with a short wig Sometimes combined with a side-lock She is shown offering lotus flowers and other objects to Tutankhamen In one sceen she stands behind the king in a papyrus skiff while hunting ducks in the marsh Ankhesenamen is depicted with a fly-whisk
Ankhesenamen is known to have been depicted on several monuments near Memphis In the temple tomb built by Horemheb before he became pharaoh we see Ankhesenamen behind Tutankhamen Sadly enough the top of the scene has been lost, but it appears that the royal couple is bestowing rewards on courtiers
Evidence of Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen was also found at Dashur, This necropolis is slightly south of Saqqara and tombs from the time of Tutakhamen were found Some of the finds include signet rigns inscribed with the name of Ankhesenamen



Ankhesenamen stands behind Tutankhamen in the tomb of Horemheb in Saqqara
When the tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered by Howard Carter, several items showed the image of Tutankhamen's Queen One of the most famous object is the golden throne which shows Ankhesenamen standing before her husband She is apparently annointing the king Ankhesenamen is shown wearing a short Nubian wig and her regalia consist of a modius consisting of uraei topped with the horned sundisk and the double plumes The sundisk and plumes associate her with the goddess Hathor

Another object showing Ankhesenamen with her husband is a beatiful golden shrine The shrine was found empty, but probably conatined a small statue in antiquity The outside of the shrine is decorated with many different scenes showing Ankhesenamen and Tutankhamen In several of the scenes Ankkhesenamen is shown with a short wig Sometimes combined with a side-lock She is shown offering lotus flowers and other objects to Tutankhamen In one sceen she stands behind the king in a papyrus skiff while hunting ducks in the marsh Ankhesenamen is depicted with a fly-whisk
In Tutankhamen's tomb there were also two mummies of small babies It' is possible that these two children were still-born children of Tutankhamen and Ankhesenamen Ankhesenamen may have been the mother of a small girl seen in Amarna named Ankhesenpaaten-tasherit It's also possible however that this girl was a daughter of Kiya, or even of some other lady No surviving children of Ankhesenamen are known however
After Tutankhamen

After the death of Tutankhamen a queen referred to as Dahamunzu writes to King Suppiluliumas and asks him to send her a son

Records were found in the Hittite archive outlining this strange string of events After the death of King Tutankhamen, Queen Ankhesenamen wrote to the King of the Hittites and asked him to send her one of his sons She promises to marry the Prince and make him King of Egypt She claims to be afraid and declares that she will not marry any of her 'servants' King Suppiluliuma suspects some trick and sends one of his envoys to investigate After some time the King decides to send his son, Prince Zannanza, to Egypt The prince dies and the King expects foul play The last letters in the exchange show a correspondence between Aye and Suppiluliuma This shows that all of Ankhesenamen's machinations have come to naught

Ring linking the names of Ankhesenamen and Pharaoh Aye

There is some indication that Ankhesenamen married Aye, but she disappears from history soon after that It is not known where she was buried, and no funerary objects with her name are known to exist This leaves the possibility that her tomb is still somewhere out there, waiting to be discovered[2]