Mery was an ancient Egyptian

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at Abydos, during the reign of

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the ...

Sety I Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c.1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II. The na ...

and

Ramesses II Ramesses II ( egy, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is often regarded as ...

of the 19th Dynasty.

Biography

Mery was the son of the High Priest of Osiris Hat. Mery succeeded his father in the role of High Priest of Osiris during the reign of Sety I, and continued in office for the first decade of the reign of Ramesses II. Mery's wife Maianuy was the daughter of the High Priest of Osiris To (also written as Tjay) who had preceded Hat in office.H Franzmeier, ''News from Parahotep: The small Finds from his Tomb rediscovered'', Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2014, pp 151-179 Mery is known from several monuments shared with his son. A double statue of Wenennefer and his father Mery (Cairo JdE 35257) depicts both Mery and his son Wenennefer. The text on the statue identifies Mery as the son of the High Priest of Osiris Hat and his wife Iuy.Kitchen, Kenneth A. ''Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III)'' Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pg 318-320, A family monument from Abydos (Cairo Museum JdE 35258) belonging to Wenennefer shows his father Mery holding two standards. The name of Ramesses II appears throughout the scenes. A fragments from Wenennefer's tomb chapel Abydos contains text mentioning his parents Mery and Wiay, and his wife Tiy.Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions, pp. 326-7

References

High Priests of Osiris People of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt 13th-century BC clergy Ramesses II {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub