# Ramose (prince)
Ramose was a prince of ancient Egypt's early 18th Dynasty, a son of the dynasty's founder, [Ahmose I](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahmose-i), whose reign is dated c. 1550–1539 BC depending on the chronology followed.[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty) • [2](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I) In Egyptological convention he is distinguished from other bearers of the name as Ramose A. He is attested by a small group of monuments: a statue now in Liverpool, a probable mention on a family stela, and a listing among the blessed dead in a Theban tomb.[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty) *Not to be confused with [Ramose](https://www.edgepedia.org/ramose-vizier) (vizier), the official of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten buried in TT 55, or with Ramose, an 18th Dynasty commander of troops.*
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| Subject | Ramose (Ramose A), royal prince, early 18th Dynasty[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty) |
| Father | Ahmose I, founder of the 18th Dynasty[2](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I) |
| Date | Early 18th Dynasty, c. 1550 BC and shortly after (see chronology below)[2](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I) • [3](http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn18/01ahmose.html) |
| Attestations | Liverpool statue E 609; stela from the 'Chapel of Wadjmose'; 'Lords of the West' list in TT 2[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty) |
## Primary evidence
Aidan Dodson cataloged the royal sons of the 18th Dynasty in the *Journal of Egyptian Archaeology* in 1990 and listed the monuments on which Ramose appears.[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty) Three stand out.
**The Liverpool statue.** An early 18th Dynasty statue in the Department of Egyptology of the [University of Liverpool](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-liverpool), catalog number E 609, names him.[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty)
**The 'Chapel of Wadjmose' stela.** A stela associated with the mortuary chapel of another royal son, Wadjmose, probably also mentions Ramose; the qualification is Dodson's, indicating that the reading is probable rather than certain.[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty)
**The TT 2 listing.** Ramose is included among the 'Lords of the West' in the Theban tomb TT 2, a formula that commemorates deceased members of the royal family.[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty)
## Family and identity
Ramose belonged to the founding generation of the 18th Dynasty, the house founded by Ahmose I after the expulsion of the Hyksos.[2](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I) Ahmose's successor was his son [Amenhotep I](https://www.edgepedia.org/amenhotep-i) by his sister-wife [Ahmose-Nefertari](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahmose-nefertari).[3](http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn18/01ahmose.html) The 'Ramose A' label used by Dodson and others separates this prince from namesakes such as the vizier of [Amenhotep III](https://www.edgepedia.org/amenhotep-iii).[1](https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty)
## By the numbers
Dating the prince depends on the chronology chosen for his father's reign, and the schemes differ. Encyclopaedia Britannica begins Ahmose I's reign at c. 1539 BC,[2](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I) while the chronology followed by Peter Clayton places the accession around 1550 BC.[3](http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn18/01ahmose.html) Clayton's scheme adds that Ahmose acceded at about ten years old, died at about thirty-five, and was succeeded by Amenhotep I.[3](http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn18/01ahmose.html)
## The reign of his father and the founding generation
Ahmose I completed the expulsion of the Hyksos, the Asiatic rulers of part of Egypt, and afterwards invaded Palestine and re-exerted Egyptian hegemony over northern Nubia.[2](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I) On one reconstruction, he captured the Hyksos capital Avaris in his regnal year 18/19, corresponding to year 11 of the Hyksos king Khamudi.[4](http://narmer.pl/dyn/18fr.htm) He then restored neglected temples and erected chapels for his family at Abydos, dying soon afterward, according to Britannica.[2](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I)
## Burial landscape of the royal family
The burial practices of the founding generation frame where a prince's mortuary cult might have operated. Ahmose I was apparently buried in the Dra Abu el-Naga area, but his tomb has not been located; his mummy was reburied in the [Deir el-Bahari](https://www.edgepedia.org/deir-el-bahari) cache in antiquity to protect it from tomb robbers.[5](https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/ahmosei/) At Abydos he built a cenotaph, a symbolic empty tomb, composed of two temples, one against the cliff and one at the edge of the Nile, and a small pyramid that is the last known royal pyramid in Egypt; like Tetisheri's pyramid at the same site, it was built as a cenotaph rather than an actual burial place.[5](https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/ahmosei/)
## References
1. A. Dodson, "Crown Prince Djhutmose and the Royal Sons of the Eighteenth Dynasty", *Journal of Egyptian Archaeology* 76 (1990). https://www.academia.edu/310144/Crown_Prince_Djhutmose_and_the_Royal_Sons_of_the_Eighteenth_Dynasty
2. "Ahmose I", *Encyclopaedia Britannica*. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmose-I
3. "Egyptian Pharaohs: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18: Ahmose". http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn18/01ahmose.html
4. "Ancient Egypt – History and Chronology", Dynasty 18. http://narmer.pl/dyn/18fr.htm
5. "Ahmose I (Nebpehtire)", Ancient Egypt Online. https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/ahmosei/
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