Tey
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Tey was the Great Royal Wife of Kheperkheprure Ay, who was the penultimate pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty. She also had been the wet nurse of Nefertiti.
Queen Tey as depicted at the chapel at Akhmim (from Lepsius, Denkmäler)
Ay and Tey are depicted in Amarna tomb 25 as receiving gifts from Akhenaten and Nefertiti (from Lepsius, Denkmäler)
Ay and Tey as depicted in WV23 (from Lepsius, Denkhmäler)
Ay (pharaoh)
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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 in the late 14th century BC. Prior to his rule, he was a close advisor to two, and perhaps three, other pharaohs of the dynasty. It is speculated that he was the power behind the throne during child ruler Tutankhamun's reign. His prenomen Kheperkheperure means "Everlasting are the Manifestations of Ra", while his nomen Ay it-netjer reads as "Ay, Father of the God". Records and monuments that can be clearly attributed to Ay are rare, both because his reign was short and because his successor, Horemheb, instigated a campaign of damnatio memoriae against him and the other pharaohs associated with the unpopular Amarna Period.
Pharaoh Ay performing the Opening of the Mouth ceremony on his predecessor Tutankhamen. He is wearing the Leopard skin worn by Egyptian High Priests and a Khepresh, a blue crown worn by Pharaohs.
A stone block shows Ay receiving the "Gold of Honor" award in his Amarna tomb from Akhenaten.
Ay, with a leopard skin, performing the opening of the mouth ceremony for Tutankhamun, scene from Tutankhamun's tomb.
Faience plate with the complete royal titulary of Ay, Egyptian Museum.