Semenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Smenre, Semenenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jürgen von Beckerath (1984), pp. 126-27.
- ^ Ryholt (1997), p. 202.
- "Turin King List: Column 11".
- 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
- Ryholt, Kim (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 8772894210. LCCN 98198517. OL 474149M.
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984). Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen. München-Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 3422008322.
Preceded byNebiriau II | Pharaoh of Egypt Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt |
Succeeded byBebiankh |
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