Meritamen (daughter of Thutmose III)
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Meritamen was a princess during the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose III
and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut
. She is also called Meritamun.
, Prince Menkheperre
and princesses Nebetiunet
, a second Meritamen and Iset
. She is depicted, together with her sisters and Menkheperre, on a statue of their maternal grandmother Hui
(now in the British Museum
). She is also depicted in the Hathor
chapel built by her father in Deir el-Bahri
.
She inherited the title God's Wife of Amun
from her mother. Her additional titles were King's Daughter and King's Sister.
Thutmose and Merytre had a second daughter called Meritamen; she is also depicted on Hui's statue. It is not known which of these princesses is shown on the lap of Benermerut, the Overseer of the Works, on his cubic statue found in Karnak.
Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
The eighteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt is perhaps the best known of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt...
. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose III
Thutmose III
Thutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh...
and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut
Merytre-Hatshepsut
Queen Merytre-Hatshepsut was the principal wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III and the mother of Amenhotep II.-Family:Merytre-Hatshepsut was of noble birth...
. She is also called Meritamun.
Biography
Meritamen was one of six known children of Thutmose and Merytre. Her siblings were Pharaoh Amenhotep IIAmenhotep II
Amenhotep II was the seventh Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. Amenhotep inherited a vast kingdom from his father Thutmose III, and held it by means of a few military campaigns in Syria; however, he fought much less than his father, and his reign saw the effective cessation of hostilities...
, Prince Menkheperre
Menkheperre (prince)
Menkheperre was a prince of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, one of two known sons of Pharaoh Thutmose III and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut...
and princesses Nebetiunet
Nebetiunet
Nebetiunet was a princess of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, a daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose III and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut....
, a second Meritamen and Iset
Iset (daughter of Thutmose III)
Iset or Isis was a princess of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, a daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose III and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut....
. She is depicted, together with her sisters and Menkheperre, on a statue of their maternal grandmother Hui
Hui (priestess)
Hui was an ancient Egyptian priestess during the 18th dynasty. She was the mother of Merytre-Hatshepsut, the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III....
(now in the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
). She is also depicted in the Hathor
Hathor
Hathor , is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt...
chapel built by her father in Deir el-Bahri
Deir el-Bahri
Deir el-Bahari or Deir el-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt....
.
She inherited the title God's Wife of Amun
God's Wife of Amun
God's Wife of Amun was the highest ranking priestess of the Amun cult, an important Ancient Egyptian religious institution centered in Thebes during the Egyptian 25th and 26th dynasties...
from her mother. Her additional titles were King's Daughter and King's Sister.
Thutmose and Merytre had a second daughter called Meritamen; she is also depicted on Hui's statue. It is not known which of these princesses is shown on the lap of Benermerut, the Overseer of the Works, on his cubic statue found in Karnak.