Semenre (Smenre, Semenenre

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(1984), pp. 126-27.) is a poorly attested Theban

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

during the

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who succeeded the equally obscure Nebiriau II. He reigned from 1601 to 1600 BC ( Kim Ryholt)Ryholt (1997), p. 202. 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

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axe head of unknown provenance, now in the

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, 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.Baker, Darrell D.: ''The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs'', Volume I: ''Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC)'', Bannerstone Press, London (2008), , p. 375. . .

Attestation

Turin King List

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