Merysekhmet, also written Merysakhmet (mrỉỉ-sḫm.t; "Beloved of Sekhmet"Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935, p.161) was a vizier of Ancient Egypt. He served during the reign of Merenptah (reigned 1213-1203 BCE).K.A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions: Merenptah & the late Nineteenth Dynasty, Wiley-Blackwell, 2003, p.74
Merysekhmet is mentioned in Papyrus Bologna 1086, which is a letter from the scribe of the offering table Bakenamun to his father Ramose who was a prophet of the temple of Thoth in Memphis. The letter is in regard to the whereabouts of a Syrian slave named Nekedy. Bakenamun mentions meeting with vizier Merysekhmet and asking if Nekedy was with him, and being told no.E. W. Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Scholars Express, Atlanta, GA, 1990, pp.124-126 In the letter, which is exhibited at the Archeological Civic Museum of Bologna, is mentioned a Year 3Caption of the papyrus, from the Archeological Civic Museum of Bologna (inv. KS 3161) (of Merenptah) so is likely that Merysekhmet was in charge around this date.
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