Meresanch I.

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Meresanch I in hieroglyphics
Surname
mr s anx

Meresanch
(Mer it ankh)
Mr s NH
She loves life /
Life loves them
title
Ba15 M23
X1 		Ba15a G14

Mut (-nesu)
Mw.t (-nsw)
mother (of the king)

Meresanch I is the name of an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th dynasty . It is not contemporary occupied, but appears only in later inscriptions. It is not clear who she was dating. Some Egyptologists consider King ( Pharaoh ) Huni (end of the 3rd Dynasty ) to be a possible consort.

supporting documents

Meresanch's name appears on a fragment of the Palermo stone , which was made in the 5th dynasty . It can be found above the 6th register of annual event windows, which were intended for King ( Pharaoh ) Sneferu . Another name comes from the (now lost) grave of the civil servant Peher-nefer , in which he titled himself as the “principal administrator of the meresanch estate”. A third mention of Meresanch's name is contained in a graffito from Meidum , which dates back to the 18th dynasty under King Thutmose III. dated and calls for an offering prayer for Meresanch I and Sneferu.

To person

The family circumstances of Meresanch I are largely in the dark. The Palermostein says nothing about who her husband was, since it only ever names the mothers of the rulers listed. Therefore, so far it can at least be assumed that Meresanch I was the mother of Snofru.

Her grave is also still unknown. It may be looking for it in a mastaba that is north of Snofrus Meidum's pyramid .

literature

  • Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , pp. 458–459 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
  • Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0500288577
  • Alexander J. Peden: The graffiti of pharaonic Egypt: scope and roles of informal writings (c. 3100-332 BC) . BRILL, Leiden 2001, ISBN 9004121129
  • Silke Roth : The royal mothers of ancient Egypt from the early days to the end of the 12th dynasty . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names. Volume 1: Directory of Names. Augustin, Glückstadt 1935, p. 158 ( PDF file; 24.2 MB ).
  2. ↑ a b Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt . Page 385.
  3. ^ Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . Page 48
  4. ↑ Roman Gundacker: Notes on the construction of the pyramids of Snefru . In: Sokar, No. 11, 2005, p. 12
personal data
SURNAME Meresanch I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Queen of the ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 27th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 27th century BC Chr.