Iah
Jˁḥ | ||||||
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| Beloved King's Mother,Great Royal Wife | ||||||
 Iah (left) and her son Mentuhotep II (right) at Shatt er-Rigal | ||||||
| Queen consort ofSouth Egypt | ||||||
| Tenure | c. 2060 BC | |||||
| King | Intef III | |||||
| Spouse | Intef III | |||||
| Issue | Mentuhotep II Neferu II | |||||
| Dynasty | 11th Dynasty | |||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | |||||
Iah (alsoYah,Jah orAah = "Moon";[1]fl. c. 2060 BC) was a king's mother and queen ofancient Egypt during the mid11th Dynasty (2134–1991 BC). Daughter of a king, possiblyIntef II, and mother of kingMentuhotep II, she was the queen consort ofIntef III.
Little is known for certain about the origin and life of Iah. She bore the title ofking's daughter (Sȝt-nswt),[2] which indicates that she was the daughter of a king, possiblyIntef II, but this remains conjectural. Her name is a reference toIah, an Egyptian Moon god.[3]
Iah was married to kingIntef III, although the important titleking's wife is not attested for her. Their children were:
As the mother of Mentuhotep II and Neferu II, Iah was both the maternal and paternal grandmother of kingMentuhotep III.[6]
Iah appears on arock relief in theShatt er-Rigal where she is shown standing behind Mentuhotep II. In front of both of them are depicted thebeloved god's father, son of Ra, Intef and the royal sealer andtreasurerKheti. She also appears in the tombTT319 of her daughterNeferu II.[7] She is named on relief fragments of Neferu's tomb and on model coffins, where it is written: "Neferu, born of Iah".[8]
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