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Ineni

Ineni, also rendered Anena or Anna, was an Egyptian official of Dynasty 18 who directed the granaries of Amun and the king's works at Thebes under Amenhotep I and later kings.

Inetkaes

Inetkaes, also rendered Intkawes or Inetkawes, was a royal daughter of the pharaoh Djoser, first king of Egypt's 3rd Dynasty, known only from inscriptions at Heliopolis and Saqqara.

Inherkhau

Inherkhau, also Inerkhau or Anherkhau, was a foreman of the left side of the royal Tomb at Deir el-Medina in the 12th century BC; his tomb, TT359, is open to the public.

Ini (pharaoh)

Ini, also written Iny or Inii, was a ruler of Thebes in ancient Egypt's Third Intermediate Period, reigning about 739–734 BC under the throne name Menkheperre.

Ini-Teshub

Ini-Teššub was a king of Carchemish in the 13th century BC, ruling as viceroy in Syria for the Hittite Great Kings and attested by a treaty with Ugarit.

Ini-Teshub II

Ini-Teshub (Initešub) was a king attested in 1100 BC in the annals of the Assyrian ruler Tiglath-Pileser I, commonly identified as a king of Carchemish in northern Syria.

Inibsharri

Inibsharri (Inib-Šarri) was a princess of Mari and daughter of King Zimrī-Lîm in the 18th century BC, twice married to vassal kings of the Habur region.

Inibshina

Inibshina (Inib-šīna) was an Old Babylonian princess of Ešnunna, daughter of King Daduša, known only from an inscribed balance weight found at Assur that may point to a marriage alliance with Assyria.

Inimabakesh

Inimabakeš was a Gutian ruler named in the Sumerian King List, credited with a 5-year reign over Sumer and Akkad after the fall of the Akkadian Empire.

Inkishush

Inkishush, also known as Inkišush, was a Gutian ruler of Mesopotamia named in the Sumerian King List, which credits him with a six-year reign after Imta.

Innaya

Innāya was an Old Assyrian merchant of the early second millennium BC, known from tablet archives at Kanesh in Anatolia, who traded tin and textiles between Assur and Anatolia.

Inscription of Ankhtifi

The Inscription of Ankhtifi, also called the Autobiography of Ankhtify, is the autobiographical text of nomarch Ankhtifi, carved in his rock-cut tomb at Mo'alla, Upper Egypt.

Inscription of Harsiotef

The Inscription of Harsiotef is a gray granite stela of Harsiotef, king of Kush in the early 4th century BC, found at Gebel Barkal in Sudan.

Inscription of Irike-Amannote

The Inscription of Irike-Amannote (Kawa IX) is a royal inscription on Temple T at Kawa recording the accession of the Kushite king Irikeamannote after Talakhamani's death in the late 5th century BC.

Inscription of Kaleb

The inscription of Kaleb (RIÉth 191) is a sixth-century royal inscription in Gəʿəz, cut at Aksum to record King Kālēb's first invasion of South Arabia.

Inscription of Kaleb at Marib

The Inscription of Kaleb at Marib is a fragmentary Ge'ez royal inscription of King Kaleb of Aksum, found at Ma'rib, Yemen, recording his campaign against Himyar.

Inscription of Quintus Marcius

The Inscription of Quintus Marcius is a trilingual Latin, Greek, and Punic inscription found near Oudna, Tunisia, recording an altar dedicated by the physician Quintus Marcius Protomacus.

Inscription of Tefibi

The Inscription of Tefibi is the autobiographical text of Iti-ibi, nomarch of Asyut during the First Intermediate Period, carved in his rock-cut Tomb III and recording his battles against the Theban-aligned southern nomes.

Inscription of Udjahorresnet

The Inscription of Udjahorresnet is an autobiographical text on a basalt statue in the Vatican Museums, the chief Egyptian source for the Persian conquest of Egypt under Cambyses II.

Inscriptions of Asyut

The Inscriptions of Asyut are autobiographical texts and tomb decoration of nomarch governors at Asyut, Egypt, carved in the 21st century BCE during the First Intermediate Period.

Inscriptions of Djau

The Inscriptions of Djau are Old Kingdom texts from Abydos, chiefly a red granite door jamb Djau, a Sixth Dynasty vizier, set up at the temple of Khentiamentiu.

Inscriptions of Ezana

The inscriptions of Ezana are the royal inscriptions of Ezana, fourth-century king of Aksum, recording his military campaigns and his conversion to Christianity, written in Greek, Ge'ez, and pseudo-Sabaean.

Inscriptions of Hanni

The Inscriptions of Hanni, also printed Hanne, are Neo-Elamite rock texts carved for Hanni son of Tahhi, local ruler of Ayapir in the Izeh valley, Khuzestan, Iran.

Inscriptions of Puzur-Insusinak

The Inscriptions of Puzur-Insusinak (Puzur-Šušinak inscriptions) are Akkadian and Linear Elamite texts of the last king of Awan, found at Susa and largely held in the Louvre.

Inscriptions of Ur-Nanshe

The Inscriptions of Ur-Nanshe are roughly 40 surviving royal inscriptions of Ur-Nanshe, first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash, chiefly recording his building of temples, walls, and canals.

Inshushinak-shar-ilani

Inshushinak-shar-ilani was a king of Susa in the late 15th or early 14th century BC, attested by the inscription IRS 19 and a seal from Haft Tappeh.

Inshushinak-shar-ili

Inshushinak-shar-ili, Elamite Inšušinak-sunkir-nappipir, was a king of Elam of the earliest Middle Elamite period, styled king of Susa and known from inscriptions and seals rather than any king list.

Insinger Papyrus

The Insinger Papyrus is a Demotic Egyptian wisdom instruction of over 800 maxims in numbered chapters, a six-meter roll held in Leiden since its 1895 purchase from collector Jan Herman Insinger.

Installation of Amenirdis I as God's Wife of Amun

The installation of Amenirdis I as God's Wife was the Kushite adoption of princess Amenirdis I into the high priesthood of Amun at Thebes in the 8th century BC.

Installation of the Vizier

The Installation of the Vizier is the installation section of the ancient Egyptian text The Duties of the Vizier, best preserved in Rekhmire's Theban tomb.