caption native_lang_name dynasty religion title name spouse image article_title native_lang
scarab museum . with the cartouche of ineni in the british - - 13th dynasty ancient egyptian religion great royal wife , khenemetneferhedjet ineni king merneferre ay ? scarab inni ea32311 hall.png ineni -lrb- queen -rrb-
 egyptian name
ineni -lrb- queen -rrb-

ineni -lrb- or ini , inni -rrb- was an ancient egyptian queen who lived during the thirteenth dynasty -lrb- around 1700 bc -rrb- .
she is so far only known from 21 scarabs and a seal impression from kerma .
she had the titles great royal wife 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 .
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 .
