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Ay was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period (probably 1323–1319 BC〔Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill: 2006, p. 493〕 or 1327–1323 BC, depending on which chronology is followed), although he was a close advisor to two and perhaps three of the pharaohs who ruled before him and was said to be the power behind the throne during Tutankhamun's reign. Ay's ''prenomen'' or royal name—Kheperkheperure—means "Everlasting are the Manifestations of Ra" while his birth name ''Ay it-netjer'' reads as 'Ay, Father of the God.'〔Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994. p136〕 Records and monuments that can be clearly attributed to Ay are rare, not only due to his short length of reign, but also because his successor, Horemheb, instigated a campaign of ''damnatio memoriae'' against him and other pharaohs associated with the unpopular Amarna Period.
==Origins==
Ay is usually believed to be a native Egyptian from Akhmim. During his short reign, he built a rock cut chapel in Akhmim and dedicated it to the local deity there: Min. He may have been the son of Yuya, who served as a member of the priesthood of Min at Akhmin as well as superintendent of herds in this city, and wife Tjuyu.〔(Egypt during the reign of Akhenaten )〕 If so, Ay could have been of partial non-Egyptian, perhaps Syrian blood since the name Yuya was uncommon in Egypt and is suggestive of a foreign background.〔Yuya's name was analysed by G. Maspero in "The Tomb of Iouiya and Austin" by Theodore M. Davis, Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd, 1907, pp. xiii–xiv〕 Yuya was an influential nobleman at the royal court of Amenhotep III who was given the rare privilege of having a tomb built for his use in the royal Valley of the Kings presumably because he was the father of Tiye, Amenhotep's chief Queen. There are also noted similarities in the physical likenesses of monuments attributed to Ay and those of the mummy of Yuya, and both held similar names and titles.〔Hindley, Marshall. ''Featured Pharaoh: The God's Father Ay'', Ancient Egypt, April/May 2006. p. 26〕
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