Meritamen (given name)

Meritamen in hieroglyphs

Meritamen in hieroglyphs

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

1. Dodson, Aidan, Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson (2004). ISBN 0-500-05128-3 p. 129
2. Grajetzki, Wolfram. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications (2005). ISBN 0-9547218-9-6 p.51
3. Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 139
4. Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 139
5. Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p.172
6. Grajetzki, 2005. p. 70
7. Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 207
8. Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 240