Senankh was an ancient Egyptian

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during the

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, under king

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. Senankh is so far only known from a rock inscription carved on the

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, south of

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. Senankh bears the titles ''royal sealer'', ''sole friend'' and ''leader of works in the whole land''. His main title is ''treasurer''. The inscription is dated in the 8th year of Senusret III and reports the digging or clearing of a canal with the name ''beautiful are the ways of Khakaure''. Khakaure is the throne name of Senusret III.

Literature

*Wolfram Grajetzki: ''Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom'', London 2009 p. 57-58, fig. 23 {{ISBN, 978-0-7156-3745-6 Ancient Egyptian treasurers Officials of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Senusret III Ancient Egyptian royal sealers