Senseneb

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Senseneb

King's Mother (Mw.t-nswt)

Painted relief of Senseneb from Deir el-Bahri

Issue

Thutmose I

Egyptian name

Snj snb

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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^ "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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