Senebsen

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Senebsen was an Ancient Egyptian queen and wife of king Neferhotep I during the 13th Dynasty.

Attestations[edit]

She is mentioned in a rock inscription on the Sehel Island where members of the king's family are listed (but not the king himself).[1] Otherwise she is mentioned on a scarab and in a tomb at Elkab, where there is also mentioned her daughter Neferhotep.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ A. Gasse V. Rondot: Les inscriptions de Séhel (=Mémoires de l’Institut français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire 126). Cairo: Institut français d’archéologie orientale. ISBN 9782724704341, pp. 92-93, SEH 162.
  2. ^ Senebsen on Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom