This crop from a photo by François Tonic
"Meresankh beholds Set and Horus."
My trace of this piece
This crop from a photo by François Tonic
"Meresankh beholds Set and Horus."
My trace of this piece
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"She who sees Horus and Seth" (m33t-hrw-stsh) is a favorite title of Queens. See this list, here if not there. Queen Meresankh III, the grand-daughter of Khufu, is so titled in her mastaba. Her name means "She loves life." Pharaon magazine has beautiful photos of Meresankh III's tomb, which are enlargeable with a click. Furthermore, Meresankh II (aunt of Meresankh III), has a sarcophagus which also proudly proclaims her as "the beholder of Set and Horus": |
Not sure where I found the above , must do further searching.
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(from pages 311-312 "The Pyramid Texts of Queen Neith", _The Ancient Egyptian
Pyramid Text_, James P. Allen, Peter Der Manuelian) "Daughter of Pepi I, sister of Merenre, and wife of Pepi II, Neith was the first of three queens buried beneath subsidiary pyramids around the pyramid of Pepi II."
THE QUEEN'S TITULARY Member of the elite, king's wife whom he desired, Neith. King's daugher, great of ornament and great of blessing, she who sees Horus and Seth, Neith. Member of the elite, king's wife whom he desired, Neith. Senior king's daughter of his body, Neith. She who sees Horus and Seth, great of ornament and great of blessing, Neith. Horus's acquaintance, Neith. Horus's companion, Horus's follower, consort of the one whom the Two Ladies desired, Neith. King's wife whom he desired, Neith. (Member of the elite, king's) wife (and king's daughter, great of ornament and great of blessing), Neith. King's wife whom he desired, she who sees Horus and Seth, Neith.
Member of the elite, king's wife whom he desired, Neith. King's daughter,
great of ornament and great of blessing, she who sees Horus and Seth, Neith.  "A queen's title of the First Dynasty is she who sees Horus and Seth, the two gods referring to the King as an incorporation of them." _The Origins of Osiris and His Cult_, page six
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