Senebsen was an

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 queen and wife of king

Neferhotep I Khasekhemre Neferhotep I was an Ancient Egypt, Egyptian pharaoh of the mid Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt, Thirteenth Dynasty ruling in the second half of the 18th century BCKim Ryholt, Ryholt, K.S.B: The Political Situation in Egypt During the Se ...

during 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 ...

Attestations

She is mentioned in a rock inscription on the

Sehel Island Sehel Island () is located in the Nile, about southwest of Aswan in southern Egypt. It is a large island, and is roughly halfway between the city and the upstream Aswan Low Dam. Geography Sehel Island, spanning 3/4 the width of the Nile, is th ...

where members of the king's family are listed (but not the king himself). Otherwise she is mentioned on a scarab and in a tomb at

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 there is also mentioned her daughter Neferhotep.

Seal Berlin ÄM 32630

steatite Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium-rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in subdu ...

scarab seal of a servant of Senebsen. Her titles are title King's Wife and United with the

White Crown Hedjet () is the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, it was combined with the Deshret, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, to form the Pschent, the double crown of Egypt. The symbol sometimes used for ...

Rock Inscription SEH 162

With the title King's Wife. She is mentioned after the parents of

, before his brothers and children. The monument also named King's Acquaintance

Nebankh Nebankh was an ancient Egyptian official of the Thirteenth Dynasty. He is one of the better known personalities of this period. Family Nebankh was the son of the ''steward'' Sobekhotep. His mother is named Hapyu. His brother Dedusobek Bebi wa ...

(PD 294) and Treasurer Senebi (PD 634).

Tomb Elkab Tomb 64 (9)

With the title King's Wife. Here she is identified as the mother of jrjt-p't Neferhotep (married to imi-ra gs-pr Resseneb), who in turn was the mother of Hatshepsut, mother of Ini.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senebsen Queens consort of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt 18th-century BC Egyptian women