Semenre

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Semenre (Smenre, [1] Semenenre [3] ) is a poorly attested Theban pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt who succeeded the equally obscure Nebiriau II. [3] [4] He reigned from 1601 to 1600 BC (Kim Ryholt) [4] or ca. 1580 BC (Detlef Franke) and belonged to the 16th Dynasty (Ryholt) [4] or the 17th Dynasty [1] (Franke).

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Attestation

For this ruler only the throne name is known, carved on a tin-bronze axe head of unknown provenance, now in the Petrie Museum, London (UC30079).

Turin King List

The Turin Canon 11.7 mentions "Semenra" between Nebitawra (11.6) and Seuserenre (11.8). [5] [1] Semenre was succeeded by Seuserenre Bebiankh [3] [4] who left behind more traces of building projects and mining activity in his reign than most kings of this dynasty with the exception of Djehuti. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Davies, V.W. (1981). "Two inscribed objects from the Petrie Museum". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology . 67: 175–178. doi:10.1177/030751338106700121. S2CID   192382454.
  2. Ryholt (1997), p. 450.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Jürgen von Beckerath (1984), pp. 126-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ryholt (1997), p. 202.
  5. "Turin King List: Column 11".
  6. Baker, Darrell D.: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs, Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC), Bannerstone Press, London (2008), ISBN   978-1-905299-37-9, p. 375. OL   23926201M . LCCN   2009-517209.

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Preceded by Pharaoh of Egypt
Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Succeeded by