Meritamen C and D (daughters of Thutmose III)
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Meritamen (“Beloved of Amun”) was the name of two princesses during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, referred to as Meritamen C and Meritamen D by modern historians. Both were the daughters of Pharaoh Thutmose III and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut.[1] Their name is alternatively spelled Meritamun.
Biography
Meritamen C and Meritamen D were two of six known children of Thutmose and Merytre. Their siblings were Pharaoh
Deir el-Bahri.[4]
Meritamen C inherited the title God's Wife of Amun from her mother. Her additional titles were King's Daughter and King's Sister.[5]
It is not known which of the princesses named Meritamen is shown on the lap of Benermerut, the Overseer of the Works, on his cubic statue found in
Karnak.[5]