Editing Meretseger (section)

=== Iconography ===
Meretseger was sometimes portrayed as a cobra-headed woman, though this iconography is rather rare:<ref name=":6" /> in this case she could hold the [[was-sceptre|''was''-sceptre]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/collections/antiquities/ancient-egypt/item-524661.aspx|title=Stela Showing Meretseger, Ancient Egypt collection|website=www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> as well as having her head surmounted by a feather and being armed with two knives.<ref name=":8" /> More commonly, she was depicted as a woman-headed snake or [[scorpion]],<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mert-seger_(Enciclopedia-dell'-Arte-Antica)/|title=MERT SEGER in "Enciclopedia dell' Arte Antica"|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> a cobra-headed [[sphinx]], lion-headed cobra or three-headed (woman, snake and [[vulture]]) cobra.<ref name=":6" /> On various steles, she wears a [[Modius (headdress)|modius]] surmounted by the [[Aten|solar disk]] and by two feathers, or the hathoric crown (the solar disk between two [[Bovinae|bovine]] horns).<ref name=":8" /> Her main artistic depictions are inside lavish royal tombs, for example:

* the tomb ([[TT56]]) of Userhat, "Scribe who Counts the Bread for [[Upper and Lower Egypt|Upper And Lower Egypt]]" under Pharaoh [[Amenhotep II]] (1427–1401 BC), where she appears with [[Montu]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/nobles/ous56/e_ouserhat56_01.htm|title=The tomb of Userhat, TT56|last=BENDERITTER|first=Thierry|website=Osirisnet: Tombs of Ancient Egypt|language=en|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>
* the tomb ([[KV14]]) of Queen [[Twosret]] (c. 1191–1189 BC) and Pharaoh [[Setnakhte]] (c. 1189–1186 BC), where she appears [[genuflection|genuflected]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://egyptopia.com/en/destinations-guide/Africa/Egypt/Luxor/Tomb-of-Tausret-and-Setnakht-(KV-14)/Corridors-B,-C,-D,-G,-H-of-the-Tomb-of-Tausret-and-Setnakht.a.1033/|title=Depictions of Deities in Different Corridors of the Tomb of Tausret and Setnakht|last=Keops|website=egyptopia.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>
* the tomb ([[KV9]]) of Pharaoh [[Ramesses VI]] (c. 1144–1136 BC), where she appears, along with [[Khonsu]], [[Amun|Amun-ra]], [[Ptah]]-[[Sokar]] and [[Ra-Horakhty]], receiving offerings by the King himself;<ref>Richardson, Dan (2013), The Rough Guide to Egypt, London: Rough Guides. {{ISBN|978-1409362463}}. p. 396.</ref>
* the tomb ([[KV18]]) of Pharaoh [[Ramesses X]] (c. 1111–1107 BC), where she appears with Ra-Horakhty;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/kv18.htm|title=Egypt: KV18, The Tomb of Ramesses X, Valley of The Kings, Egypt|website=www.touregypt.net|language=ru|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>
* the tomb ([[KV4]]) of Pharaoh [[Ramesses XI]] (c. 1107–1077 BC), where she appears with many deities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.narmer.pl/kv/kv04en.htm|title=Ancient Egypt - History and Chronology|last=Sitek|first=Dariusz|website=www.narmer.pl|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>