Meritamen (given name)
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Meritamen, also spelled Meritamun, Merytamen, Meryetamen (mrỉỉ.t-ỉmn; “Beloved of Amun”) is an ancient Egyptian female name. Its male counterpart is Meryamen or Meryamun.
Its notable bearers are:
- Ahmose-Meritamen, princess, probably a daughter of Seqenenre Tao II (17th dynasty)[1]
- Ahmose-Meritamen, queen, wife of Amenhotep I (18th dynasty)[2]
- Meritamen C, princess and God's Wife, a daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty)[3]
- Meritamen D, princess, another daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty)[4]
- Meritamen E, princess and queen, daughter of Ramesses II and Nefertari (19th dynasty)[5][6]
- Meritamen F, a Singer of Amun (21st dynasty). Daughter of Menkheperre and Isetemkheb (C), and hence a granddaughter of Pinudjem I.[7]
- Meritamen G, princess, owner of an Abydos stela dated to the 25th dynasty by style. It is unknown which pharaoh she was related to.[8]
As a throne name:
- Twosret (Sitre Meritamen)
Sources[edit]
- ^ Dodson, Aidan, Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson (2004). ISBN 0-500-05128-3 p. 129
- ^ Grajetzki, Wolfram. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications (2005). ISBN 0-9547218-9-6 p.51
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 139
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 139
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p.172
- ^ Grajetzki, 2005. p. 70
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 207
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 240
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