Meryre (given name)

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Meryre
in hieroglyphs

Meryre or Meryra (“Beloved of Ra”) was an ancient Egyptian male name, occurring both as a personal and as a throne name. A variant is Merenre, the female version is Merytre. Famous bearers were:

As a personal name

  • Meryre, treasurer under Amenhotep III, tutor of Prince Siatum (18th dynasty)
  • Meryre, High Priest of Aten (18th dynasty)
  • Meryre, steward of the royal harem in Amarna (18th dynasty)
  • Meryre, a son of Ramesses II and Nefertari, 11th on the list of princes[1]
  • Meryre, another son of Ramesses II, possibly named after the first Meryre; 18th on the list of princes[2]

As a throne name

Sources

  1. ↑ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.172
  2. ↑ Dodson&Hilton, pp.165,172
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