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Semenre

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Semenre (Smenre,[1] Semenenre[3]) is a poorly attested Theban pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt who succeeded the equally obscure Nebiriau II.[3][4] He reigned from 1601 to 1600 BC (Kim Ryholt)[4] or ca. 1580 BC (Detlef Franke) and belonged to the 16th Dynasty (Ryholt)[4] or the 17th Dynasty[1] (Franke).

Attestation

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For this ruler only the throne name is known, carved on a tin-bronze axe head of unknown provenance, now in the Petrie Museum, London (UC30079).

Turin King List

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The Turin Canon 11.7 mentions "Semenra" between Nebitawra (11.6) and Seuserenre (11.8).[5][1] Semenre was succeeded by Seuserenre Bebiankh[3][4] who left behind more traces of building projects and mining activity in his reign than most kings of this dynasty with the exception of Djehuti.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Davies, V.W. (1981). "Two inscribed objects from the Petrie Museum". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 67: 175–178. doi:10.1177/030751338106700121. S2CID 192382454.
  2. ^ Ryholt (1997), p. 450.
  3. ^ a b c d Jürgen von Beckerath (1984), pp. 126-27.
  4. ^ a b c d Ryholt (1997), p. 202.
  5. ^ "Turin King List: Column 11".
  6. ^ Baker, Darrell D.: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs, Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC), Bannerstone Press, London (2008), ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, p. 375. OL 23926201M. LCCN 2009-517209.

Further reading

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Preceded by Pharaoh of Egypt
Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Succeeded by