Senusret with the second name Djaty was an

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ian official dating to the early

12th Dynasty The Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty XII) is a series of rulers reigning from 1991–1802 BC (190 years), at what is often considered to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom (Dynasties XI–XIV). The dynasty periodically expanded its terr ...

. He was a local governor (a

nomarch A nomarch (, Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into 42 provinces, called Nome (Egypt), nomes (singular , plural ). A nomarch was the government official responsible for a nome. Etymology The te ...

) of the nome of Nekhen, and is so far only known from his

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Elkab Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about south of Luxor (ancient Thebes, Egypt, Thebes). Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( , ), a name t ...

, where he was buried. The tomb chapel was finely decorated with paintings. The preserved decorations in the chapel show Senusret hunting with bow and arrow or accompanied by his wife, as well as agricultural scenes. In his tomb chapel also appear his son Bah Hor-aa who was most likely his successor.W. Vivian Davies (Hrsg.): ''Documenting Elkab, Progress reports'', Bicester 2024, ISBN 978-1-80327-899-5, pp.2-
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Nomarchs Officials of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt {{AncientEgypt-stub