Senebhenas ''(snb-ḥnˁ=s,'' "Health is with her") was the wife and queen consort of the

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian king

Sobekhotep III Sekhemre Sewadjtawy Sobekhotep III was an Egyptian king of the mid Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt who reigned three to four years. Family Parents and siblings The family of the king is known from several sources. A monument from Sehel Island show ...

, who reigned in the

13th Dynasty The Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty XIII) was a series of rulers from approximately 1803 BC until approximately 1649 BC, i.e. for 154 years. It is often classified as the final dynasty of the Middle Kingdom (which includes ...

, about 1750 BC.

Attestations

The queen is mainly known from a rock stela in the

Wadi el-Hol Wadi el-Hol is a valley on the Farshut Road crossing the Qena Bend between Thebes, Egypt, Thebes and Hu, Egypt, Hiw, on the west bank of the river Nile in Egypt. Wadi el-Hol Inscriptions The Wadi el-Hol inscriptions are two rock inscriptions which ...

. Here she bears a long title string, including the titles ''lady of all lands'', ''king's wife'' and '' united with the white crown''. There she is shown standing behind the ''king's mother'' Jewhetibew, indicating that she was the main wife of the king, as a second wife with the name Neni is also known and shown behind her.K.S.B. Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800-1550 BC,'' (''Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications'', vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), p. 223

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