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Meritites IV

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Meritites IV was a queen from the 6th dynasty and a wife of Pepi I Meryre. Her title King’s Daughter of his body of Pepy-Mennefer (s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f-ppy-mn-nfr) may indicate she was also a daughter of Pepi I Meryre. One more evidence for that theory is that her name means "Beloved of her father".

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Titles

Her titles include: Great one of the hetes-sceptre, She who sees Horus and Seth (m33t-hrw-stsh), Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt), King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw meryt.f), and Companion of Horus (smrt-hrw).

Burial

Meritites IV was buried in Saqqara. Her pyramid lies to the south of the pyramid of Pepi I. Meritites' pyramid lies to the southwest of the complex of Queen Inenek-Inti and to the south of the queen's pyramid referred to as the "Southwestern pyramid".

References

Meritites IV Wikipedia