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Carter No.: 333

Handlist description: Chariot and whip

Card/Transcription No.: 333-13


With the dismembered parts of two chariots found in this chamber
was a whip bearing an inscription: - "The King's son captain of
the troops, Thothmes". Who was this Royal prince - who, to have
been "Captain of the troops" during the reign of Tut-ankh-Amen,
could not have been very young. Was he a son of Thothmes IV, or
was he a son of Amenhetep III? That problem has yet to be solved.
If he was a son of Thothmes IV, and was living at the time of
Tut-ankh-amen's burial, he must have reached at least 60 or more
years of age; whereas, if he was a son of Amenhetep III as one
would suspect him to have been, he would not have been more than
about 35 years of age at the time of Tut-ankh-amen's death.
Circumstantial evidence of this kind should have some bearing
upon the possibility of that princes parentage -

Card no. 333-13 relating to Carter no. 333
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