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Theban pharaoh
Semenre
Smenre, Semenenre
Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079
Pharaoh
Ruler of Upper Egypt
Reignca. 1600 BC or 1580 BC
PredecessorNebiriau II
SuccessorBebiankh
Royal titulary
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Semenre
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Turin Canon
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Dynasty16th Dynasty or 17th Dynasty

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

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). Semenre was succeeded by Seuserenre Bebiankh 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.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ Jürgen von Beckerath (1984), pp. 126-27.
  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.

Further reading

Preceded byNebiriau II Pharaoh of Egypt
Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Succeeded byBebiankh
Pharaohs
Protodynastic to First Intermediate Period  (<3150–2040 BC)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaohs
    • male
    • female
  • uncertain
Protodynastic
(pre-3150 BC)
Lower
Upper
Early Dynastic
(3150–2686 BC)
I
II
Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)
III
IV
V
VI
1 Intermediate
(2181–2040 BC)
VII/VIII
IX
X
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period  (2040–1550 BC)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaohs
    • male
    • female
  • uncertain
Middle Kingdom
(2040–1802 BC)
XI
Nubia
XII
2 Intermediate
(1802–1550 BC)
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
Abydos
XVII
New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period  (1550–664 BC)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaohs  (male
  • female)
  • uncertain
New Kingdom
(1550–1070 BC)
XVIII
XIX
XX
3 Intermediate
(1069–664 BC)
XXI
High Priests of Amun
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
Late to Roman Period (664 BC–313 AD)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaohs
    • male
    • female
  • uncertain
Late
(664–332 BC)
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
XXXI
Hellenistic
(332–30 BC)
Argead
Ptolemaic
Roman
(30 BC–313 AD)
XXXIV
Dynastic genealogies
List of pharaohs


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