Merysekhmet

Merysekhmet
Merysekhmet
Vizier
	Merenptah (Year 3?)

Merysekhmet
in hieroglyphs

Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Merysekhmet, also written Merysakhmet (mrỉỉ-sḫm.t; "Beloved of

Merenptah.^[2]

Merysekhmet is mentioned in Papyrus Bologna 1086, which is a letter from the scribe of the offering table Bakenamun to his father Ramose who was a prophet of the temple of

Archeological Civic Museum of Bologna, is mentioned a Year 3^[4]

(of Merenptah) so is likely that Merysekhmet was in charge around this date.

References

^ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. , p.161
^ K.A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions: Merenptah & the late Nineteenth Dynasty, Wiley-Blackwell, 2003, p.74
^ E. W. Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Scholars Express, Atlanta, GA, 1990, pp.124-126
^ Caption of the papyrus, from the Archeological Civic Museum of Bologna (inv. KS 3161)

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[1] Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. , p.161

[2] K.A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions: Merenptah & the late Nineteenth Dynasty, Wiley-Blackwell, 2003, p.74

[3] E. W. Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Scholars Express, Atlanta, GA, 1990, pp.124-126

[4] Caption of the papyrus, from the Archeological Civic Museum of Bologna (inv. KS 3161)

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