L'épouse du dieu, Ahmes Néfertary : documents sur sa vie et son culte posthume

Already in the New Kingdom, with Ahmose-Nefertari, mother of Amenophis I, a prominent bearer of the name nfr.t-jrj.t was deified.

“Schon zur Zeit des neuen reiches wurde hingegen mit ahmose-nefertari, der Mutter amenophis' i., eine prominente trägerin des namens nfr.t-jrj.tvergöttlicht.”

Lunar names are distinctive within the family of Senakhtenra Iahmes I and his Great Royal Wife Tetisheri, with names composed of Iah and to a minor extent alluding to Thoth.

“As can be noted, the lunar names are distinctive within the family of Senakhtenra Iahmes 22 Maspero 1889, 544, transcribes a crescent moon (Gardiner N11), while Daressy 1908, 95, provides a variant of the crescent moon (Gardiner N12).I and his Great Royal Wife Tetisheri (Ttỉ-šrỉ), 23 with names composed of Iah and to a minor extent, alluding to Thoth (Gitton 1981, 5).”

The name Iahmes could be translated in two ways due to its grammatical ambiguity: 'The Moon is born,' taking the verb form as a stative, or '(The one who is) born of the Moon,' taking it as a passive participle.

“The name Iahmes could be translated in two ways due to its grammatical ambiguity: “The Moon is born,” taking the verb form as a stative (PN I 12, § 19; Gitton 1981, 5; Grimm and Schoske 1999, 35; Vittmann 2013b, 5); or “(The one who is) born of the Moon,” taking it as a passive participle (Barbotin 2015, 41),”