Ineni (or Ini, Inni) was an ancient Egyptian queen who lived during the Thirteenth Dynasty (around 1700 BC).
She is so far only known from 21 scarabs and a seal impression from

Kerma Kerma was the capital city of the Kerma culture, which was located in present-day Sudan at least 5,500 years ago. Kerma is one of the largest archaeological sites in ancient Nubia. It has produced decades of extensive excavations and research, in ...

., p.108 She had the titles

Great Royal Wife Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife ( Ancient Egyptian: ''ḥmt nswt wrt'', cop, Ⲟⲩⲏⲣ Ⲟⲩⲣϣ), is the title that was used to refer to the principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many official ...

and '' she, who is united with the white crown''. She is one of the first ancient Egyptian queens whose name was written within a

cartouche In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the fea ...

. This approach to writing a name was previously only used for kings' names and some kings' daughters holding special positions. The name of Ineni's husband is not known with any certainty. It is thought that it was king Merneferre Ay, as her scarabs are similar in style to that of this king.

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* Wolfram Grajetzki: ''Ancient Egyptian Queens'', London 2005, p. 40 *

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: ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C.'' by Museum Tuscalanum Press, p. 38 (discussion of dating) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ineni (Queen) 18th-century BC women Queens consort of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt Great Royal Wives