Seni (Mayor)

Seni was a high ancient Egyptian official of the early 18th dynasty.

Seni was on the one hand mayor of Thebes and on the other hand was also appointed Viceroy of Kush in the course of his career . He thus held two extremely important offices. Seni is best known from the inscription on two door posts from the Nubian fortress Kumma . There he is mayor of Thebes, but also head of the barn of Amun , a title held by many mayors of Thebes. He is also called king's son and head of the southern foreign countries designated. Two titles that are typical of the Viceroy of Kush. A biographical inscription from the Nubian Fort Semna can also be assigned to him, even if his name is not preserved there. Accordingly, he was promoted to an office under King Ahmose I (only head of office is retained) and later became head of the barn of Amun under Amenophis I and at the same time head of construction work in Karnak . Under Thutmose I , according to this inscription, he became viceroy of Kush. He seems to have been in office during the first few years of Hatshepsut's reign . An inscription from Semna seems to prove him in the second year of Hatshepsut's reign.

In the Theban grave TT317 of Djehutynefer, a mayor of Thebes named Senires is mentioned as the father of the grave owner. It is possible that this is the same person as Seni. His successor in office was Penre .

literature

JJ Shirley: The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency. In: José M. Galán, Betsy M. Bryan, Peter F. Dorman (Eds.): Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop (= Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization. Number 69). The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago 2014, ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4 , p. 179 ( PDF file; 21.7 MB ; retrieved from The Oriental Institute ).

Individual evidence

↑ Kurt Sethe : Documents of the 18th Dynasty. First volume, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1906, p. 142.
↑ W. Vivian Davies: Tombos and the Viceroy Inebny / Amenemnekhu. In: British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Volume 10, 2008, pp. 39–63, here pp. 46–47 ( PDF ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Tuwre	Viceroy of Kush	Penre

personal data
SURNAME	Seni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Senires
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mayor of Thebes, Viceroy of Kush
DATE OF BIRTH	16th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	15th century BC Chr.

[1] Kurt Sethe : Documents of the 18th Dynasty. First volume, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1906, p. 142.

[2] W. Vivian Davies: Tombos and the Viceroy Inebny / Amenemnekhu. In: British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Volume 10, 2008, pp. 39–63, here pp. 46–47 ( PDF ).