Meritamen

Meritamen was a daughter of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari during the 19th dynasty of Egypt.

Family
Meritamen was a daughter of Ramesses II and one of his wives, Nefertari. She appears as the fourth daughter in the list of daughters in Abu Simbel and had at least four brothers: Amun-her-khepeshef, Pareherwenemef, Meryre and Meryatum, and a sister named Henuttawy.Grajetzki, Wolfram: Ancient Egyptian Queens – a hieroglyphic dictionary, London 2005, p. 70

When her mother died , Meritamen and her half sister married Ramses II, and they held the title of Great royal wife.
Burial
Meritamen was buried at QV68 tomb in the Valley of the Queens. The tomb of Meritamen was described by Lepsius. An interesting scene in the tomb shows Meritamen offering cloth boxes to Osiris and Hathor. The inscriptions identify the Queen as  King's Daughter, Great Royal Wife Lady of Both Lands (Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt)
Her coffin is now in Berlin museum (15274).Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume II, Blackwell Publishers, 1996

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 References 

 Grajetzki, Wolfram: Ancient Egyptian Queens – a hieroglyphic dictionary, London 2005, p. 70

 Other websites
 Queen Merytamen

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