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She is the only known wife of Setnakhte. She was depicted together with her husband on a [[stela]] in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]]. A priest named Meresyotef is shown adoring Setnakhte and Tiy-Merenese and their son [[Ramesses III]] is shown making offerings. Tiye-Merenese also appears on blocks found in Abydos which were reused in other buildings.<ref name="G"/><ref name="DH"/>
She is the only known wife of Setnakhte. She was depicted together with her husband on a [[stela]] in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]]. A priest named Meresyotef is shown adoring Setnakhte and Tiy-Merenese and their son [[Ramesses III]] is shown making offerings. Tiye-Merenese also appears on blocks found in Abydos which were reused in other buildings.<ref name="G"/><ref name="DH"/>

In addition Mer en Set is both an Egyptian Coptic Phrase and Initiatory Title from the Budge version of the Egyptian Book of the Dead and it means Beloved of Set. Mer is Beloved, en means of and Set is Set of course. Her husband Setnakhte means Set is Mighty so or course she is Beloved of Set.


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Revision as of 04:46, 25 September 2013

Tiy-Merenese
Queen consort of Egypt
A Queen from the New Kingdom
Burial
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Names
Tiy-Merenese
Dynasty20th Dynasty of Egypt
Fatherunknown
Motherunknown
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion
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Tiy-merenese
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Tiy-merenese,[1] Teye-Merenaset,[2] Tiye-Mereniset[3] (Tiy, Beloved of Isis) was the Great Royal Wife of pharaoh Setnakht and mother of Ramesses III of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt.

She is the only known wife of Setnakhte. She was depicted together with her husband on a stela in Abydos. A priest named Meresyotef is shown adoring Setnakhte and Tiy-Merenese and their son Ramesses III is shown making offerings. Tiye-Merenese also appears on blocks found in Abydos which were reused in other buildings.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ J. Tyldesley, Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt, 2006, Thames & Hudson
  2. ^ a b Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications
  3. ^ a b Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004)

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