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Manuel de Codage : mrtjts

Alternate spelling : Mertiotes I

Alternate spelling : Meretyotes I
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Wife of Khufu and mother of Kawab (G 7120), Meresankh [II] (G 7410) and Meretites (G 7650). Appeared with her son on west wall of G 7120 chapel room b (tomb of Kawab), three fragments (24-12-1000, 24-12-1002 and possibly 24-12-1122) may belong to this scene; fragments found displaced in G 7120 chapel rooms c and d and space in between.

Tombs and Monuments 4

Eastern Cemetery, G 7110-7120
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Eastern Cemetery, G 7210-7220
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Eastern Cemetery, G 7410-7420
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Eastern Cemetery, G 7650
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Finds 1

Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Kawab
- HUMFA_24-12-1002

Published Documents 8

Breasted, James H. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, Collected Edited and Translated with Commentary, Vol. 1: The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties. Ancient Records. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1906.
- Date: 1906
Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Pseudo-Groups." In Rainer Stadelmann and Hourig Sourouzian, eds. Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Sonderschrift des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Abteilung Kairo 28. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, pp. 57-74.
- Date: 1995
Fay, Biri. "Royal Women as Represented in Sculpture during the Old Kingdom. Part II: Uninscribed Sculptures." In Christiane Ziegler, ed. L'art de l'ancien empire égyptien. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1999, pp. 99-147.
- Date: 1999
Hawass, Zahi. "Khufu's National Project: The Great Pyramid of Giza in the Year 2528 B.C." In Peter Jánosi, ed. Structure and Significance: Thoughts on Ancient Egyptian Architecture, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2005, pp. 305-334.
- Date: 2005
Jánosi, Peter. "The Queens of the Old Kingdom and their Tombs." Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 3 (1992), pp. 51-57.
- Date: 1992
Rowe, Alan. "Studies in the Archaeology of the Near East II: Some Facts Concerning the Great Pyramids of el-Gîza and Their Royal Constructors." Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 44, No. 1 (September 1961), pp. 100-118.
- Date: 1961
Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978.
- Date: 1978
Smith, William Stevenson. "The Old Kingdom in Egypt," The Cambridge Ancient History, rev. ed. of vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press, 1962, pp. 3-72.
- Date: 1962

Unpublished Documents 2

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix B: East Cemetery (Cem. 7000), Page ApxB 011c (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K13_ApxB2_p011c
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 16: The Royal Family of Dynasty Four, page 118
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L01_p118

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Tombs and Monuments 4

Finds 1

Published Documents 8

Unpublished Documents 2

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