Diskussion:Nebchasetnebet

Existenz des Prinzen

Actually this prince never existed. The theory that Ramesses II had an elder brother was based on a misinterpretation of a relief in Karnak. Due to this misinterpretation of the Karnak scene being published in some books, he occasionally turns up on websites, either as Nebenchasetnebet or Amennefernebes (the latter name would actually be feminine), but according to Dodson & Hilton's book The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (page 164) "An elder son of Sety I, identified by early Egyptologists on the basis of an erased figure in Sety I's reliefs at Karnak, has turned out to be a phantom, actually being a simple army officer", while Tyldesley's book on Ramesses says "In one scene Rameses helps Seti kill a Libyan while in another he walks behind his father's chariot. Wherever he appears, however, his figure is a late addition clumsily carved into plaster concealing a pre-existing image. Initially it seemed that the figure of Rameses must have been substituted as a replacement for the image of an older, now dead, brother; the ruthless excision of the names and images of the newly dead, and their replacement with those of the living, was a commmon enough practie at this time. However, research by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has revealed the deleted figure to have been a commoner, the Troop Captain and Fan Bearer Mehy." Alensha 02:21, 21. Jul. 2010 (CEST)