Ruler · 1401 BCE

Ay

Lived 1401 BCE. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 1324 BCE – 1320 BCE; also in the line of New Kingdom of Egypt and Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Lived: 1401 BCE – 1401 BCE; 0 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 48th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

44 before

Smenkhkare1337 BCE – 1336 BCE

Neferneferuaten1336 BCE – 1329 BCE

Tutankhamun1333 BCE – 1324 BCE

Ay1324 BCE – 1320 BCE

Horemheb1320 BCE – 1291 BCE

Ramesses I1291 BCE – 1289 BCE

Seti I1289 BCE – 1279 BCE

36 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1324 BCE – 1320 BCE · 4 years · came to it aged 77

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1320 BCE, after the death recorded in 1401 BCE

Also in the line of New Kingdom of Egypt (13th of 32, read from the line of Ancient Egypt) and Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (13th of 14).

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