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Senet (queen)

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Ancient Egyptian king's wife and king's mother

Senet was an ancient Egyptian king's wife and king's mother, known from three statues, that date to the Middle Kingdom, perhaps to the 12th Dynasty. Her husband and royal son are not known for sure. The statues show the queen sitting on a throne. For two of the statues the upper part is missing. A third statue preserves the upper part but the face is heavily damaged. Gae Callender proposed king Amenemhat II as her husband, as his wife is not yet identified for sure, while for most other 12th Dynasty kings a wife is known.

References

  1. Statue der Senet, in the Royal Collection Trust
  2. V. G. Callender: review of Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7 In: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. vol. 91, 2005, p. 212.

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Queens of ancient Egypt
Protodynastic Period to First Intermediate Period  (<3150–2040 BC)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaoh
  • uncertain
Early Dynastic
(3150–2686 BC)
I
II
Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)
III
IV
V
VI
Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period  (2040–1550 BC)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaoh
  • uncertain
Middle Kingdom
(2040–1802 BC)
XI
XII
2 Intermediate
(1802–1550 BC)
XIII
XIV
XVI
XVII
New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period  (1550–664 BC)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaoh
  • uncertain
New Kingdom
(1550–1070 BC)
XVIII
XIX
XX
3 Intermediate
(1069–664 BC)
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXV
Late Period and Hellenistic Period  (664–30 BC)
Period
Dynasty
  • Pharaoh
  • uncertain
Late
(664–332 BC)
XXVI
XXVII
XXXI
Hellenistic
(332–30 BC)
Argead
Ptolemaic
Dynastic genealogies


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