Senebsen was an Ancient Egyptian queen and wife of king Neferhotep I during the 13th Dynasty.
Attestations
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). Otherwise she is mentioned on a scarab and in a tomb at Elkab, where there is also mentioned her daughter Neferhotep.
Seal Berlin ÄM 32630
A steatite scarab seal of a servant of Senebsen. Her titles are title King's Wife and United with the White Crown.
Rock Inscription SEH 162
With the title King's Wife. She is mentioned after the parents of Neferhotep I, before his brothers and children. The monument also named King's Acquaintance Nebankh (PD 294) and Treasurer Senebi (PD 634).
Tomb Elkab Tomb 64 (9)
With the title King's Wife. Here she is identified as the mother of jrjt-p't Neferhotep (married to imi-ra gs-pr Resseneb), who in turn was the mother of Hatshepsut, mother of Ini.
References
- 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.
- "Person Queen Snb⸗s-n⸗j | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom". pnm.uni-mainz.de.
- "Berlin ÄM 32630 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom". pnm.uni-mainz.de.
- "SEH 162 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom". pnm.uni-mainz.de.
- "Elkab tomb 64 (9) | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom". pnm.uni-mainz.de.
