Merytre was the daughter and wife of the ancient Egyptian king

Ramesses II Ramesses II ( egy, wikt:rꜥ-ms-sw, 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 oft ...

. She is so far only known from a colossal statue of the king that was found at

Tanis Tanis ( grc, Τάνις or Τανέως ) or San al-Hagar ( ar, صان الحجر, Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar; egy, ḏꜥn.t ; ; cop, ϫⲁⲛⲓ or or ) is the Greek name for ancient Egyptian ''ḏꜥn.t'', an important archaeological site in the ...

. There, she is shown as small figure between the legs of the king. The partly destroyed caption reads ''beloved king's daughter'', ''King's wife'' Merytre. The

Great Royal Wife Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife ( Ancient Egyptian: ''ḥmt nswt wrt'', cop, Ⲟⲩⲏⲣ Ⲟⲩⲣϣ), is the title that was used to refer to the principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many official ...

Bintanath Bintanath (or ''Bentanath'') was the firstborn daughter and later Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II. Family Bintanath was likely born during the reign of her grandfather Seti I. Her mother was Isetnofret, one of the tw ...

is also depicted on the statue (as a relief on one side). Merytre might have been married to the king at about the same time Bintanath was married, that is from about the 34th to the 42nd year of the king's reign.Frédéric Payraudeau, Sébastien Poudroux: ''Varia tanitica II. Une nouvelle fille-épouse de Ramsès II'', in: ''Bulletin De L’institut Français D’archéologie Orientale'', 120 (2020), pp. 253–264
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merytre Wives of Ramesses II 13th-century BC Egyptian women Children of Ramesses II