Senimen 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 official who lived at the beginning of the

18th Dynasty The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty ...

and who was tutor of the king's daughter

Neferure Neferure or Neferura (, meaning ''The Beauty of Re'') was an Egyptian princess of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the daughter of two pharaohs, Hatshepsut and Thutmose II. She served in high offices in the government and the religious ...

. The latter had an exceptionally high status under the ruling queen

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut ( ; BC) was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from until (Low Chronology) and the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II. She was Egypt's second c ...

(about 1507–1458 BC). Senimen is known from several sources. A

funerary cone Funerary cones were small cones made from clay that were used in ancient Egypt, almost exclusively in the Theban Necropolis. The items were placed over the entrance of the Ancient_Egyptian_funerary_practices#Tombs, chapel of a tomb. Early example ...

preserves a number of titles, that make it possible to reconstruct his career. On the cone he appears as ''child of the harem (kap) of Nebpehtyre''. Nebpehtyre is the throne name of king Ahmose. The title indicates that Senimen grew up under this king. On the cone, three further titles are listed. They all relate to his position as teacher or tutor of Neferure. Senimen was called ''teacher of the god's body of the god's wife Neferure'', ''nurse of the daughter of the god's wife Hatshepsut'' and ''steward of the king's daughter''. Senimen was evidently at one point in his career appointed to become the teacher of Neferure. He was also administrator of Neferure's domains. The timing of this appointment is unclear. There are two other officials that were tutors of Neferure too. These are Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet and

Senenmut Senenmut (, sometimes spelled Senmut, Senemut, or Senmout) was an 18th Dynasty ancient Egyptian architect and government official. His name translates literally as "brother of mother". Family Senenmut was of low commoner birth, born to liter ...

. Senimen must have been quite old in the reign of Hatshepsut, so it has been suggested that he was appointed already before Hatshepsut became ruling queen and when

Thutmose II Thutmose II was the fourth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and his reign is thought to have lasted for 13 years, from 1493 to 1479 BC (Low Chronology), or just 3 years from around 1482 to 1479 BC. Little is known about him, and he ...

was still king. Senimen was buried in Theban tomb TT252. The tomb is heavily destroyed. Over the entrance is carved into the rocks a group of statues, showing Senimen as sitting on the ground and holding Neferure and a woman standing next to them. Not much is known about his family. His mother was a woman called Senemiah. Previously it has been assumed that Senimen was the brother of the influential official Senenmut, but now this seems unlikely. However, both seem to have family relations, as Senimen and his mother are depicted in the tomb chapel of Senenmut.JJ Shirley: ''The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency'', in: J. Galán, B. M. Bryan, P. F. Dorman (eds.): ''Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut'', Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 69, Chicago 2014, {{ISBN, 978-1-61491-024-4, pp. 18
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Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt