AHHOTEP

(fl. 1570–1540 BC)

Sister and queen of probably Seqenenre Tao of Dynasty 17 and thus daughter of Senakhtenre and Tetisheri. She was the mother of Ahmose I, who founded Dynasty 18, and his sister-wife Ahmose-Nefertari. Ahhotep apparently acted as regent of her son on his accession and exercised great influence during his reign. Asecond queen, Ahhotep, is known from a burial at Thebesand is probably to be identified as a queen of Kamoseor Seqenenre Tao. The gilded coffin from this burial and jewelry are now in the Cairo Egyptian Museum.