Senseneb Explained

Senseneb
King's Mother (Mw.t-nswt)
Native Lang1:Egyptian name
Native Lang1 Name1:Snj snb
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Issue:Thutmose I
Dynasty:Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

Senseneb (also Seniseneb) was the mother of Pharaoh Thutmose I of the early New Kingdom. She only bore the title of King's mother (Mw.t-nswt) and is therefore thought to have been a commoner. Senseneb is known thanks to stele Cairo CG 34006, from Wadi Halfa, where she is shown swearing an oath of allegiance as the king's mother on the coronation of her son Thutmose I.[1] Senseneb is also depicted on painted reliefs from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. [Adriaan de Buck]
  2. [Édouard Naville]
  3. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/30.4.137 The same relief, in its entirety.