Meritaten
| Meritaten | ||||||
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| Great Royal Wife, King's Daughter | ||||||
Bust of a daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, perhaps the young Meritaten, in the Louvre, Paris | ||||||
| Queen consort of Egypt | ||||||
| Tenure | 1336–1334 BC | |||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||
| Reign | c. 1334–1332 BC | |||||
| Predecessor | unclear, Akhenaten or Smenkhkare | |||||
| Successor | unclear, Smenkhkare or Tutankhamun | |||||
| Born | Possibly Thebes | |||||
| Burial | KV35? | |||||
| Spouse | Smenkhkare | |||||
| Issue | Meritaten Tasherit (possibly) Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit (possibly) Tutankhamun (possibly) | |||||
| Egyptian name |
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| Dynasty | 18th of Egypt | |||||
| Father | Akhenaten | |||||
| Mother | Nefertiti | |||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion and Atenism | |||||
Meritaten, also spelled Merytaten, Meritaton or Meryetaten (Ancient Egyptian: mrii.t-itn) (14th century BC), was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means "She who is beloved of Aten"; Aten being the sun-deity whom her father, Pharaoh Akhenaten, worshipped. She held several titles, performing official roles for her father and becoming the Great Royal Wife to Pharaoh Smenkhkare, who may have been a brother or son of Akhenaten. Meritaten has been theorized to be identical with female Pharaoh Ankhkheperure Neferneferuaten, however inscription on the box found in Tutankhamun's tomb seemingly presents the two as different individuals.