| 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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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