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Ahmose son of Ebana
Soldier and naval officer from Elkab
c. 1550 BCE
Served under Ahmose I, Amenhotep I and Thutmose I.
Biography
A soldier from Elkab whose tomb autobiography tells of his part in the siege of Avaris and then of Sharuhen — one of the key contemporary witnesses to the expulsion of the Hyksos.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
The autobiography in Ahmose son of Ebana’s tomb at Elkab tells of fighting at Avaris and the siege of Sharuhen.
- Miriam Lichtheim (1976) “Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom” University of California Press, Berkeley