Senseneb
| Senseneb | ||||||||||||
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| King's Mother (Mw.t-nswt) | ||||||||||||
 Painted relief of Senseneb from Deir el-Bahri | ||||||||||||
| Issue | Thutmose I | |||||||||||
| Egyptian name | Snj snb
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| Dynasty | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | |||||||||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | |||||||||||
Senseneb was the mother of Pharaoh Thutmose I in the Eighteenth Dynasty of the early New Kingdom.
Attestations
[edit]Senseneb (sn⸗j-snb,[1] also Seniseneb) bore the title of King's Mother (mwt-nsw) and is therefore thought to have been a commoner.
Wadi Halfa, Cairo CG 34006
[edit]At Buhen in Wadi Halfa, a sandstone stela fragment dated to Year 1 of Thutmose I, mentions [...]; jmj-rꜣ ḫꜣst rsjt trj and King's Mother Senseneb (mwt-nsw sn⸗j-snb).[2] She is shown swearing an oath of allegiance as the king's mother on the coronation of her son Thutmose I.[3]
Deir el-Bahri PM 122, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
[edit]At Deir el-Bahri, Senseneb is also depicted on painted reliefs from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.[4][5] Here she has the title ḥnwt-tꜣwj meaning Mistress of the Two Lands.
Ashmolean AN1896-1908.E.3926
[edit]A limestone pyramidion beloning to the lector priest of the king's mother Tety.[6] It mentions King's Mother Senseneb and Djehuty, son of the lector priest who was the patron of this monument.
Berlin ÄM 15006
[edit]A limestone statue of a seated man with the royal name of Thutmose I, beloning to lector priest of the king's mother and wab-priest of Hathor, the lady of Hu, Amenemhat.[7] It also mentions King's Mother Senseneb.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Person MWT-NSW sn⸗j-SNB | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
- ^ "Cairo CG 34006 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
- ^ Adriaan de Buck: Coronation decree of Tuthmosis I, 1948, pp. 46, Urk IV (79.5 to 81.8)
- ^ Édouard Naville: The Temple of Deir el Bahari, Part I. Plates 1 - 24: The north-western end of the upper platform. Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1895, pl. XIII, available copyright-free online
- ^ The same relief, in its entirety.
- ^ "Ashmolean AN1896-1908.E.3926 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
- ^ "Berlin ÄM 15006 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
- ^ See acquisition entry 15006 https://storage.smb.museum/erwerbungsbuecher/IV_AEM-B_SLG_NC_15000-15999_LZ_1896-1904.pdf
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