Pharaoh ay biography


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Ay

(itnetjer)

Kheperkheperure

Dynasty 18

1325-1321 BC

Ay Pharaoh Biography 1325-1321 BC
Ay, now an old man, apparently became king by marrying Tutankhamun's widow, Ankhesenamun - probably against her wishes since she was actually marrying her grandfather.

Evidence for the marriage came from the bezel of a ring seen by Professor Percy Newberry in Cairo in the 1920s which carried the cartouches of Ankhesenamun and Ay side by side: a normal way of indicating a marriage.

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    • The wedding must have taken place rapidly because Ay officiated at Tutankhamun's funeral as a king wearing the Blue Crown. Furthermore, by burying his predecessor he also consolidated his claim to the throne.

    Portrait study thought to be of Ay from the studio of the sculptor Thutmose
    In view of his age, it is small wonder that Ay's reign was brief: a mere four years.

    There are few monuments that can be identified as his - partly, no doubt, because many of them were usurped by Horemheb.