Senseneb
{{Infobox monarch
| name = Senseneb
| title = King's Mother (Mw.t-nswt)
| image = Queen Senseneb.png
| caption = Painted relief of Senseneb from Deir el-Bahri
| native_lang1 = Egyptian name
| native_lang1_name1 = Snj snb
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| issue = Thutmose I
| dynasty = Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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| religion = Ancient Egyptian religion
}}
Senseneb was the mother of Pharaoh Thutmose I in the Eighteenth Dynasty of the early New Kingdom.
Attestations
Senseneb (sn⸗j-snb,{{cite web | url=https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/5/person/3789 | title=Person MWT-NSW sn⸗j-SNB | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom }} 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 Wadi Halfa, 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).{{cite web | url=https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/5/inscription/8278#42854 | title=Cairo CG 34006 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom }} She is shown swearing an oath of allegiance as the king's mother on the coronation of her son Thutmose I.Adriaan de Buck: Coronation decree of Tuthmosis I, 1948, pp. 46, Urk IV (79.5 to 81.8)
= Deir el-Bahri PM 122, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut =
At Deir el-Bahri, Senseneb is also depicted on painted reliefs from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.Édouard Naville: The Temple of Deir el Bahari, Part I. Plates 1 - 24: The north-western end of the upper platform. Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1895, pl. XIII, [http://diglit.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/naville1895bd1 available copyright-free online][http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/30.4.137 The same relief, in its entirety.] 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.{{cite web | url=https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/5/inscription/25694 | title=Ashmolean AN1896-1908.E.3926 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom }} 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.{{cite web | url=https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/5/inscription/25693 | title=Berlin ÄM 15006 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom }} 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
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Category:16th-century BC Egyptian women
Category:Queens consort of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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