Semenre
| Semenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Smenre, Semenenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Axehead_Semenenre_by_Khruner.jpg/440px-Axehead_Semenenre_by_Khruner.jpg) Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ruler of Upper Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | ca. 1600 BC or 1580 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Nebiriau II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Bebiankh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 16th Dynasty or 17th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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).
Attestation
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Davies, V.W. (1981). "Two inscribed objects from the Petrie Museum". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 67: 175–178. doi:10.1177/030751338106700121. S2CID 192382454.
- ^ Ryholt 1997, p. 450
- ^ a b c d von Beckerath 1984, pp. 126-27
- ^ a b c d Ryholt 1997, p. 202
- ^ https://pharaoh.se/ancient-egypt/kinglist/turin/column-11/
- ^ Darrell D. Baker: 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.
- Ryholt, Kim (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press.
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984). Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen. München-Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 3422008322.
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