Meresanch II.

Meresanch II was a princess of the ancient Egyptian 4th dynasty . She was a daughter of Pharaoh Cheops and married to Horbaef , who was probably her brother. Children from this marriage were Djati and a daughter named Neferetkau.

Sarcophagus of Meresanch II in the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston

Meresanch II owns the mastaba G 7410 in the east cemetery of the Great Pyramid of Cheops . Relief fragments from the sacrificial chapel, which are now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston , show the deceased sitting in a boat. Also in Boston today is the sarcophagus of Meresanch II It consists of. Red granite and its lid is decorated with a list of victims and the representation of Anubis - jackals .

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. 460–461 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3 , pp. 52-61.
Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. III. Memphis . 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, p. 194 ( online at gizapyramids.org (PDF; 30.5 MB)).
George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume I . Harvard University Press, Harvard 1942, pp. 115, 121, 125, 166, 205, 308, Fig. 74 ( online at gizapyramids.org (PDF; 249.8 MB)).

Individual evidence

↑ Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names. Volume 1: Directory of Names. Augustin, Glückstadt 1935, p. 158 ( PDF file; 24.2 MB ).
↑ 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 , p. 385.
^ Dows Dunham : New Installation in the Egyptian Department . In: The Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts. Volume 25, Boston 1927, p. 97 ( PDF; 1.3 MB )

personal data
SURNAME	Meresanch II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princess of the ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	27th century BC BC or 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	26th century BC Chr.

[1] Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names. Volume 1: Directory of Names. Augustin, Glückstadt 1935, p. 158 ( PDF file; 24.2 MB ).

[2] 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 , p. 385.

[3] Dows Dunham : New Installation in the Egyptian Department . In: The Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts. Volume 25, Boston 1927, p. 97 ( PDF; 1.3 MB )