Ahmose-Meritamun
Ahmose-Meritamun | |
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Burial | TT358 in Thebes |
Spouse | Amenhotep I |
Dynasty | 18th of Egypt |
Father | Ahmose I |
Mother | Ahmose-Nefertari |
Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion |
Ahmose-Meritamun in hieroglyphs | |||||||||
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Ahmose Meritamun Child of Iah, Beloved of Amun |
Ahmose-Meritamun (or Ahmose-Meritamon) was a Queen of Egypt during the early Eighteenth Dynasty. She was both the older sister and the wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep I. She died fairly young and was buried in tomb TT358 in Deir el-Bahari.
Biography
Ahmose-Meritamun was the royal daughter of
Meritamun took over the role of
A limestone statue of this queen was discovered by Giovanni Belzoni while he was working in Karnak in 1817.[3]
Ahmose-Meritamun is depicted in the tomb of Inherkau (
Death and burial
Her remains were discovered at
The outer coffin (now in the Egyptian Museum, JE 53140) is over 10 ft in size and is made from cedar planks which are joined and carved to a uniform thickness throughout the coffin. The eyes and eyebrows are inlaid with glass. The body is carefully carved with chevrons painted in blue to create the illusion of feathers. The coffin was covered in gold which had been stripped in antiquity. The inner coffin was smaller, but still over 6 ft tall. The inner coffin had also been covered in gold but stripped of this precious metal. The mummy had been carefully rewrapped during the reign of Pinedjem I. Inscriptions record that the linen used in the reburial was made in year 18 of Pinedjem by the High Priest of Amun Masaharta, son of Pinedjem I. The reburial took place in year 19, month 3 of the winter, day 28.[5]
In April 2021 her mummy was moved from the
See also
- Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt Family Tree
References
- ^ ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.123, 127, 129
- ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3
- ^ "Upper part of a limestone statue of Queen Ahmose-Merytamun," The British Museum Web site.
- ISBN 0-500-05145-3
- ^ H. E. Winlock, The Tomb of Queen Meryetamun: I The Discovery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin New Series, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Summer, 1975), pp. 77-89; Article Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3258743
- ^ Parisse, Emmanuel (5 April 2021). "22 Ancient Pharaohs Have Been Carried Across Cairo in an Epic 'Golden Parade'". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 5 April 2021.