Iaret was a

Great Royal Wife Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife () is the title that was used to refer to the Queen consort, principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many official functions. Description While most ancient Egyptians were ...

from the middle of the

Eighteenth Dynasty The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty ...

Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

Family

laret was the daughter of Amunhotep II and wife of

Thutmose IV Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; Ancient Egyptian: ''ḏḥwti.msi(.w)'' "Thoth is born") was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately t ...

. The transcription of her name is uncertain; it is written with a single cobra, which has a number of possible readings. Her titles include: King's Daughter (''s3t-niswt''), Great King's Daughter (''s3t-niswt-wrt''), King's Sister (''snt-niswt''), and Great King's Wife (''hmt-niswt-wrt''). There are no known children for Queen Iaret.Dodson, Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004

Life

Iaret was the second great royal wife from the reign of

. Queen

Nefertari Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wife, Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses II, Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women ...

is shown in inscriptions dating to the earlier part of the reign. A secondary wife of Thutmose IV by the name of

Mutemwiya Mutemwiya (also written as Mutemwia, Mutemuya or Mutemweya) was a minor wife of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV, and the mother of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Mutemwiya's name means " Mut in the divine barque". While unconfirmed, it has be ...

was the mother to the heir of the throne. Iaret

Iaret is depicted on a Year 7 stela of Thutmose IV from Konosso. The stela depicts Thutmose smiting enemies before the Nubian gods

Dedwen Dedun (or Dedwen) was a Kushite or Nehasi (C-Group culture) god worshipped during ancient times in ancient Egypt and Sudan and attested as early as 2400 BC. There is much uncertainty about their original nature, especially since he was depicted as ...

and Ha. Queen Iaret is depicted standing behind him. Iaret's name is also known from inscriptions from the

turquoise Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula . It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone for millennia due to its hue. The robi ...

mines at

Serabit el-Khadim Serabit el-Khadim (Arabic language, Arabic: سرابيط الخادم Arabic pronunciation: Help:IPA/Arabic, araːˈbiːtˤ alˈxaːdɪm also transliterated Serabit al-Khadim, Serabit el-Khadem) is a locality in the southwest Sinai Peninsula, ...

in the Sinai from the same year.Bryan, p.336 It is not known when Iaret died or where she was buried.

References

15th-century BC Egyptian women Queens consort of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Children of Amenhotep II Wives of Thutmose IV {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub