Senet-senebtisi

Senet-senebtisi ( Senetsenebtisi in proper name spelling ) was an ancient Egyptian king's daughter. It is best known from an inscribed sarcophagus , which is located in a tomb next to the pyramid of Sesostris III. (c. 1872 BC to 1852 BC) took place in Dahshur . Therefore, it is often assumed that she was the daughter of this ruler, who was probably under King Sesostris III. or Amenemhet III. was buried.

Your grave complex

Senet-senebtisi was buried in a burial chamber, which branches off from a passage. In this underground passage there were various burials of royal women, whose burial chambers were all accessible from the main passage. However, all of these burials were robbed when they were rediscovered in modern times. Senet-senebtisi itself was once buried in a limestone sarcophagus. This had a short inscription that gave her name. Most of the other sarcophagi in the neighboring burial chambers, however, were unlabeled. There was jewelry in a chest very close to her burial, including jewelry and scarabs belonging to the king's daughter Mereret . As a rule, therefore, the treasure is assigned to the Mereret . According to other considerations, the treasure should not be attributed to Mereret , but to Senet-senebtisi , and the objects with the name "Mereret" represented gifts to the princess.

literature

Jacques de Morgan : Fouilles a Dahchour, Mars-Juin 1894 . Verlag Holzhausen, Vienna 1895, p. 56, fig. 123.
Dieter Arnold : The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur. Architectural Studies . Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2002, pp. 71-72, pl. 119 ISBN 0-87099-956-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Senet-senebtisi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Senetsenebtisi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King's daughter of the ancient Egyptian 12th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	19th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	19th century BC BC or 18th century BC Chr.