Iaret was a Great Royal Wife from the middle of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
Family
laret was the daughter of Amunhotep II and wife of Thutmose IV. 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).W. Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary.
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 Thutmose IV. Queen Nefertari is shown in inscriptions dating to the earlier part of the reign. A secondary wife of Thutmose IV by the name of Mutemwiya was the mother to the heir of the throne.
Iaret is depicted on a Year 7 stela of Thutmose IV from Konosso.Bryan, Betsy. The Reign of Thutmose IV, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. p.335 The stela depicts Thutmose smiting enemies before the Nubian gods Dedwen and Ha. Queen Iaret is depicted standing behind him.Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, Volume V. Upper Egypt: Sites. (1st ed.) 2004, pg 254
Iaret's name is also known from inscriptions from the turquoise mines at Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai from the same year.Bryan, p.336
It is not known when Iaret died or where she was buried.
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