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Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period: officials, priests, and private persons

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Sarenput I

Sarenput I, also known as Sirenput, was the nomarch and governor of Elephantine under Senusret I in the early 12th Dynasty, known for his monumental rock-cut tomb QH36 at Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan.

Sarenput II

Sarenput II was a nomarch of the 1st nome of Upper Egypt at Elephantine during Egypt's 12th Dynasty, known from his rock-cut tomb QH31 at Qubbet el-Hawa.

Sebek-khu

Sebek-khu, also known as Sobekhu, was an Egyptian commander and official under Senusret III of the Twelfth Dynasty, known from a stela found at Abydos in 1901.

Sedjemnetjeru

Sedjemnetjeru was an ancient Egyptian artist attested as a draughtsman, literally a writer of outlines, at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.

Sehetepebreankh-nedjem

Sehetepebreankh-nedjem, also written Sehetepibreankhnedjem, was a Twelfth Dynasty High Priest of Ptah at Memphis during the Middle Kingdom, known from a sandstone group statue commissioned by his son Nebpu and held in the Louvre.

Sehetepibre (stela owner)

Sehetepibre was an Egyptian official of the Twelfth Dynasty who served as deputy of the treasurer under Amenemhat III, known from his funerary stela Cairo CG 20538.

Senbi

Senbi, also called Senebi, was nomarch of the Cusite nome, the fourteenth nome of Upper Egypt, in the early Twelfth Dynasty, buried in rock-cut tomb B1 at Meir.

Senbuy

Senbuy, also transliterated Senebuy, was an ancient Egyptian High Priest at Memphis during the late Middle Kingdom, known only from a limestone stela in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Senebsumai

Senebsumai was an ancient Egyptian official who served as overseer of the treasury in the 13th Dynasty, and is regarded as the period's most important treasurer.

Senebtisi

Senebtisi, alternatively Sithapi, was a Middle Kingdom Egyptian woman buried around 1850 BC at Lisht with rich funerary equipment now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Senewosret-Ankh (High Priest of Ptah)

Senewosret-Ankh, also rendered Senwosretankh, was Chief Priest of Ptah and Overseer of Works at Memphis in the 12th Dynasty, buried at Lisht South near Senusret I's pyramid.

Senusret (vizier)

Senusret was a vizier of Egypt in the Twelfth Dynasty under kings Senusret I and Amenemhat II, known from a stela in the Louvre and a tomb at Lisht.

Senusretankh

Senusretankh, also known as Sesostris-ankh, was a Middle Kingdom Egyptian official who held the office of Chief Priest of Ptah, the high priesthood of Memphis.

Siese

Siese, also called Saaset, was a high official of Egypt's 12th Dynasty who served as high steward and later held the offices of treasurer and vizier at the same time, probably under Senusret III.

Sobekemhat

Sobekemhat, also written Sobkemhet, was a high official of Egypt's 12th Dynasty, buried in a mastaba beside King Senwosret III's pyramid at Dahshur around the 19th century BC.

Sobekemsaf (13th Dynasty official)

Sobekemsaf was an official of Egypt's 13th Dynasty, around 1700 BC, who governed Thebes and is attested by four monuments, above all a statue in Vienna.

Sobekhotep (treasurer)

Sobekhotep was a royal treasurer of Twelfth Dynasty Egypt who served under Senusret I, known from a Hatnub stela dated to Year 22 of his reign.

Sobeknakht (governor of Elkab)

Sobeknakht, also called Sobeknakht I, was governor of Elkab in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period under King Nebiryraw of the 16th Dynasty, known from tombs at Elkab.

Sobeknakht II

Sobeknakht II was a governor of Elkab in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, best known as the owner of Elkab Tomb 66 and as the son of governor Sobeknakht I.

Sobeknakht of El Kab

Sobeknakht (Sobek-nakht) was a governor and high priest of El Kab in Upper Egypt in the late Second Intermediate Period, known from a tomb inscription found in 2003.

Teti, son of Minhotep

Teti, son of Minhotep, held a temple office at Coptos in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, dismissed by the Theban king Nubkheperre Intef in Year 3.

Ukhhotep (son of Senbi)

Ukhhotep, also known as Ukhhotep I or Wekhhotep, was a provincial governor of Egypt's 14th Upper Egyptian nome during the early Twelfth Dynasty, buried at Meir.

Ukhhotep III

Ukhhotep III, also written Wekhhotep III, was a Twelfth Dynasty governor of Egypt's 14th Upper Egyptian nome, seated at El-Qusiya, buried in rock-cut tomb C1 at Meir.

Wahka I

Wahka I was a mayor and overseer of priests of the Antaeopolis region during Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, buried in rock-cut tomb 7 at Qaw el-Kebir.

Wahka II

Wahka II was a Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian nomarch, or provincial governor, at Qau el-Kebir, owner of tomb 18, the largest private funerary complex of the Middle Kingdom.

Wahka III

Wahka III is the conventional name for a third official named Wahka at Qaw el-Kebir, the cemetery of ancient Antaeopolis, toward the end of the Twelfth Dynasty.

Wahneferhotep

Wahneferhotep was a royal prince, titled "king's son", of Egypt's late Middle Kingdom, known from a shabti and miniature coffin held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Zamonth

Zamonth, also written Zamont and called Resseneb, was a vizier of ancient Egypt under king Amenemhat III at the end of the Twelfth Dynasty; his son Ankhu succeeded him as vizier.

Zatipy

Zatipy, meaning "daughter of Ipy", was an Egyptian woman of the early 12th Dynasty, attested in tomb 14 at Beni Hasan and dated to the reign of Amenemhat I.