Merytre-Hatshepsut

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Queen Merytre-Hatshepsut (or sometimes Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra) was the principal wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III after the death of Satiah. She was the mother of Pharaoh Amenhotep II.[1] Of noble birth, she was the daughter of the Adoratrix Huy, whose statue in the British Museum (EA 1280) shows Huy holding a grandchild and represents the other children of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut along the sides of her seated statue. She is not related to Queen Hatshepsut, the previous pharaoh of Egypt, though previously was often thought to be her daughter (Hatshepsut's only known child was Neferure).

Merytre-Hatshepsut is known to have held the Titles: Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t), Sole One, Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt-w’tit), King’s Mother (mwt-niswt), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), God’s Wife (hmt-ntr), God’s Hand (djrt-ntr)]].[2].

Merytre-Hatshepsut
in hieroglyphs
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Merytre-Hatshepsut is attested in:

  • The temple of Tuthmosis III in Medinet Habu. The Queen is depicted standing behind a seated Tuthmosis III. She's depicted in full Queenly regalia, including the vulture cap, modius with double plumes and the fly-whisk. She is called "great royal wife".[3]
  • The tomb of Tuthmosis III (KV43). On one of the pillars the queen, identified as Merytre, is one of three queens following Tuthmosis III. Merytre is followed by queen Satiah, Queen Nebtu and Princess Nefertari. [4]
  • The tomb of Ra (TT72) in Thebes. Merytre Hatshepsut is depicted seated next to / behind her son Amenhotep II. [5]
  • A stela (borne by the statue of a courtier).[6]


Merytre-Hatshepsut was originally meant to be interred in KV42, but was probably interred in KV35, with her son Amenhotep II.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dodson, A. and D. Hilton 2004. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt London: Thames and Hudson. p.139
  2. ^ Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications. p.53
  3. ^ Lepsius Denkmahler Abt III, Band 5, Bl. 38
  4. ^ A. Bart Merytre-Hatshepsut website [1]
  5. ^ Lepsius Denkmahler Abt III, Band 5, Bl. 62
  6. ^ A. Bart Merytre-Hatshepsut website [2]

[edit] Links

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(hatshepsuts two daughters were known as Neferure and Merira)