Meresankh I
Meresankh I | |
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| Spouse | Huni? |
| Children | Sneferu |
Meresankh I ("She loves life") was an ancient Egyptian kingʻs wife and the mother of King Sneferu.[1] She may have been a wife of King Huni, the last king of the 3rd Dynasty.[2][3]
| Meresankh I in hieroglyphs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meresankh Mr-s-ˁnḫ | |||||
Meresankh Iʻs name appears on a fragment of the
Tuthmosis III of the 18th Dynasty.[1] The text recites a hetep di nesu (offerings) text for the ka of King Sneferu and Queen Meresankh.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-500-05128-3
- ^ Nicolás Grimal, A history of ancient Egypt Wiley-Blackwell, 1994, pp. 67, 68 Google Books Link
- ^ Aidan Dodson, Monarchs of the Nile, American Univ in Cairo Press, 2000, p 26 Google Books Link
- ISBN 90-04-12112-9, pg. 65