Merenptah (prince)
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||||
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Merenptah was an ancient Egyptian prince during the 19th Dynasty, likely to have been a son of Pharaoh Merenptah.[1]
He is known from two statues of Senusret I usurped by Pharaoh Merenptah − found in Tanis and Alexandria, respectively − and from three statue fragments from Bubastis. Since he shares a name with Pharaoh Merenptah, also, his name is similar to that of the crown prince and eventual successor, , and he wears an uraeus usually worn by pharaohs only, it is a possibility that he is in fact the same as either of these two,[2] but Prince Merenptah's titles slightly differ from those of the pharaoh and the crown prince, also, the Senusret statues were usurped by Merenptah when he was already a pharaoh. Also, Seti Merenptah used both his names as a prince and as a pharaoh. It is possible that Merenptah's use of a uraeus stems from the power struggle between Pharaoh Merenptah's heirs following his death.[3]
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- Ancient Egyptian princes
- Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt