Meretseger (Queen)
Meretseger with Sesostris III. on a stele of the New Kingdom. British Museum , EA846
| Meretseger (Queen) in hieroglyphics | ||||||||||||||
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| 12th dynasty |
(Meret seger) Mr.t sgr Who loves silence |
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Meretseger (also Meresger) is a probably fictional ancient Egyptian queen and wife of Sesostris III. who ruled in the 12th Dynasty .
Meretseger was entitled " Great Royal Wife " and her name was written in a cartouche . Both are only documented for queens in the following 13th dynasty . Meretseger, on the other hand, appears only in sources of the New Kingdom together with Sesostris III. and is not recorded on contemporary monuments. Sesostris III. was especially worshiped as a god in Nubia in the New Kingdom, so that it was assumed that a divine wife was provided to him.
Meretseger is also the name of the local goddess of the Theban necropolis .
literature
- C. van Siclen: Egyptian Antiquities in South Texas. Part 2. A Cabbage Jar of Queen Meresger. In: Varia Aegyptiaca. No. 8, 1992, pp. 29-32.