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Article Meritamon Written by : Mirette Adel Moussa Meritamon in ancient Egyptian means "Beloved of Amun", she is one of the daughters of king Ramesses II, and later his Great Royal Wife. She appears as the fourth daughter in the list of daughters in Abu Simbel and had at least four brothers: Amun-her-khepeshef, Pareherwenemef, Meryre and as well as a sister named Henuttawy. Around the time her mother died (around the 24th or 25th regnal year), Meritamen became Great Royal Wife, along with her half-sister Bintanath. Meritamen is depicted in quite a few scenes in temples and is represented on several statues. She is well known for her beautiful limestone statue, the White Queen found at the Ramesseum, the temple complex her father had built. In Kitchen's Ramesside inscriptions, the statue is attributed to Queen Tuya (mother of Ramesses II), but it is now generally thought to represent Princess-Queen Meritamen. The dorsal pillar...