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Meritamen
Meritamen (also spelled "Meritamun, Merytamen, Merytamun, Meryt-Amen"; Ancient Egyptian: "Beloved of Amun") was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great.
Family.
Meritamen was a daughter of Ramesses and his favourite wife 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, as well as a sister named Henuttawy. Meritamen may
represent Meritamen in the role of deputy-Queen for her possibly ailing mother.
- In Luxor, Meritamen is depicted twice on statues of her father/husband. The westernmost colossus before the pylon shows Meritamen next to her father. She is given the titles of King's Daughter and Great Royal Wife. She is also depicted on statuary in the forecourt. On the southern colonnade, eastern statue Meritamen is the queen depicted on the left.
- Statue in Tanis (from Pi-Ramesse). Meritamen is depicted