Meritamen (given name)

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Meritamon
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Meritamen, also spelled Meritamun, Merytamen, Meryetamen (“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)
  • Ahmose-Meritamon, queen, wife of Amenhotep I (18th dynasty)
  • Meritamen C, princess and God's Wife, a daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty)
  • Meritamen D, princess, another daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty)
  • Meritamen E, princess and queen, daughter of Ramesses II and Nefertari (19th dynasty)
  • Meritamen F, a Singer of Amun (21st dynasty). Daughter of Menkheperre and Isetemkheb (C), and hence a granddaughter of Pinudjem I.
  • Meritamen G, princess, owner of an Abydos stela dated to the 25th dynasty by style. It is unknown which pharaoh she was related to.

As a throne name:

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