Ahmose-Meritamun

Ahmose-Meritamun (or Ahmose-Meritamon) was a Queen of Egypt during the early Eighteenth Dynasty. She was both the older sister and the wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep I. She died fairly young and was buried in tomb TT358 in Deir el-Bahari.

Ahmose-Meritamun
Fragmentary colossal bust of Ahmose-Meritamon, wearing a wig fashioned after a style associated with Hathor - British Museum
Burial
TT358 in Thebes
SpouseAmenhotep I
Dynasty18th of Egypt
FatherAhmose I
MotherAhmose-Nefertari
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion
Ahmose-Meritamun in hieroglyphs



Ahmose Meritamun
Child of Iah, Beloved of Amun
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