Meritites II

Relief depicting Meritites' husband Akhethotep, from their mastaba G 7650, and now in the Museo Barracco, Rome (Inv. No. MB 3) Meritites II (Merytytes, Meritetes, Meretites, Merytiotes, Mertiotes, or Meritites A ("beloved of her father"; ) She married the Director of the Palace, Akhethotep (a non-royal court official), and she had several children with her husband. Meritites and her husband shared a mastaba G 7650 in Giza.

Family and early life Meritites II was probably a daughter of Khufu, as she was said to be a King's daughter of his body and as the location of her tomb indicates a relation to Khufu. Further titles of Akhethotep include Sole friend, Priest of the Bas of Nekhen, and Overseer of fishers/ fowlers. In the tomb, several children are depicted. A block formerly in the McGregor collection, but now in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon (Inv. No. 159) shows two daughters.

Burial Tomb of Meritites is located near the east side(depicted in green) compared to the Great Pyramid of Giza as shown in the centre of the picture. Akhethotep and Meritites were buried at Giza in tomb G 7650. The mastaba is stone built and the interior offering room is decorated. Akhethotep is depicted with his wife Meritites and attendants in some of the scenes. In one scene, Akhethotep is accompanied by two daughters. A red granite sarcophagus with a palace facade was discovered in shaft C, now Brooklyn Museum, New York City (Inv. No. 48.110).

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