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Senseneb was the mother of
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 ( ...
Thutmose I Thutmose I (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; meaning "Thoth is born") was the third pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty of History of Ancient Egypt, Egypt. He re ...
in the
Eighteenth 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 ...
of the early New Kingdom.


Attestations

Senseneb (sn⸗j-snb, also Seniseneb) bore the title of King's Mother (mwt-nsw) and is therefore thought to have been a commoner.


Wadi Halfa, Cairo CG 34006

At Buhen in
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, a sandstone stela fragment dated to Year 1 of Thutmose I, mentions .. jmj-rꜣ ḫꜣst rsjt trj and King's Mother Senseneb (mwt-nsw sn⸗j-snb). She is shown swearing an oath of allegiance as the king's mother on the coronation of her son Thutmose I.


Deir el-Bahri PM 122, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

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Deir el-Bahri Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri (, , ) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of the Theban Necropolis. History Deir el-Bahari, located on the west ...
, Senseneb is also depicted on painted reliefs from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. Here she has the title ḥnwt-tꜣwj meaning Mistress of the Two Lands.


Ashmolean AN1896-1908.E.3926

A limestone pyramidion beloning to the lector priest of the king's mother Tety. It mentions King's Mother Senseneb and Djehuty, son of the lector priest who was the patron of this monument.


Berlin ÄM 15006

A limestone statue of a seated man with the royal name of Thutmose I, beloning to lector priest of the king's mother and wab-priest of Hathor, the lady of Hu, Amenemhat. It also mentions King's Mother Senseneb.See acquisition entry 15006 https://storage.smb.museum/erwerbungsbuecher/IV_AEM-B_SLG_NC_15000-15999_LZ_1896-1904.pdf


References

16th-century BC Egyptian women Queens consort of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub