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- 1 2 Rice, Michael (1999). Who's Who in Ancient Egypt. Routledge. p. 183.
- ↑ JJ Shirley: The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency, in: J. Galán, B. M. Bryan, P. F. Dorman (eds.): Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 69, Chicago 2014, ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4, p. 230
- ↑ "Senneferi and his family" . Retrieved 2009-05-04.