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Semna Dispatches

The Semna Dispatches, also spelled Semna Despatches, are hieratic administrative papyri reporting patrols and communications between Egyptian fortresses at the Second Cataract in Nubia under Amenemhet III.

Semna stelae of Senusret III

The Semna stelae, or Semna boundary stelae, are two boundary stelae of the Egyptian king Senusret III, erected at Semna in Lower Nubia in his regnal years 8 and 16.

Semqen

Semqen was a bearer of the title "ruler of foreign lands" during Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, known only from scarab seals, and possibly an early Hyksos king of the 15th Dynasty.

Senakhtenre Ahmose

Senakhtenre Ahmose was a king of Egypt's Theban 17th Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, the oldest known member of the Ahmoside family, preceding Seqenenre Tao and Kamose.

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.

Seneb

Seneb was a high-ranking dwarf official of Egypt's Old Kingdom who served as a funerary priest of the kings Khufu and Djedefre, with a tomb at Giza and a famous family statue in Cairo.

Senebhenas

Senebhenas was a queen consort of Sobekhotep III, a 13th Dynasty Egyptian king of the Second Intermediate Period, and appears beside him on an altar on Sehel Island.

Senebkay

Woseribre Senebkay was a pharaoh of the Abydos Dynasty of ancient Egypt, reigning around 1650 BC during the Second Intermediate Period, known from his tomb found at South Abydos in 2014.

Senebmiu

Senebmiu, throne name Sewahenre, was a poorly attested pharaoh of Egypt's late Thirteenth Dynasty around 1650 BC, known chiefly from the damaged Turin King List and a few inscribed objects.

Senebsen

Senebsen was a queen consort of ancient Egypt's 13th Dynasty, attested as the wife of the pharaoh Neferhotep I, who reigned around 1741 to 1730 BC.

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.

Senedj

Senedj, also written Sened and known as Sethenes by Manetho, was the fifth king of Egypt's Second Dynasty around 2780–2770 BC, known almost entirely from later king lists.

Senedjemib Inti

Senedjemib Inti was a 5th Dynasty Egyptian official who served King Djedkare Isesi as chief justice and vizier and as overseer of all royal works, known from his inscribed mastaba at Giza.

Senedjemib Mehi

Senedjemib Mehi was a vizier of ancient Egypt during the late Fifth Dynasty, serving under kings Djedkare Isesi and Unas, and the son of the vizier Senedjemib Inti.

Seneferankhre

Seneferankhre, whose nomen was Pepi, is a poorly attested Egyptian king conventionally placed in the Sixteenth Dynasty of the Second Intermediate Period, known chiefly from scarab seals.

Senenmut

Senenmut, also written Senmut, was a commoner-born court official of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who administered the households of Queen Hatshepsut and Princess Neferure and became Great Steward of Amun.

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.

Seni (Viceroy of Kush)

Seni was a Viceroy of Kush of Egypt's early 18th Dynasty, heading Egypt's administration of Nubia under Thutmose I, Thutmose II, and the first years of Hatshepsut.

Senimen

Senimen was an official of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who served as steward and tutor of Princess Neferure, daughter of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, and was buried at Thebes in tomb TT 252.

Senkamanisken

Senkamanisken was a king of Kush who ruled from Napata in what is now Sudan around 643–623 BC, succeeding his father Atlanersa and buried under Pyramid 3 at Nuri.

Sennacherib

Sennacherib (Sîn-aḫḫī-erība), Neo-Assyrian king 705–681 BCE, son of Sargon II. Rebuilt Nineveh as capital, campaigned against Judah and Hezekiah in 701 BCE, and razed Babylon in 689 BCE.

Sennacherib's campaign against Elam

Sennacherib's campaign against Elam was the Assyrian king Sennacherib's war of 691 BC against a coalition led by Elam under Humban-nimena, culminating in the battle of Halule on the Tigris.

Sennacherib's campaign against Elam (694 BC)

Sennacherib's campaign against Elam of 694 BC was a seaborne Assyrian attack on Elamite coastal towns that ended when Elam sacked Sippar and captured his son.

Sennacherib's campaign against Hazael of Qedar

Sennacherib's campaign against Hazael of Qedar was an Assyrian military expedition against the Arab tribes of North Arabia between 691 and 689 BCE, capturing the desert fortress of Adummatu.

Sennacherib's campaign against Judah

Sennacherib's campaign against Judah, also called Sennacherib's campaign to Philistia and Judah, was a 701 BC Assyrian invasion in which Sennacherib took 46 Judahite cities and blockaded Hezekiah in Jerusalem.

Sennacherib's campaign against the Arabs

Sennacherib's campaign against the Arabs was an Assyrian expedition of 691–689 BC against Queen Te'elkhunu and Khazāʾil, capturing Adummatu, modern Dūmat al-Jandal in Saudi Arabia.

Sennacherib's Median campaigns

Sennacherib's Median campaigns were the Zagros military activity of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (r. 705–681 BC), chiefly his 702 BC expedition against the kingdom of Ellipi.

Sennedjem

Sennedjem was an ancient Egyptian workman of the 19th Dynasty who served in the royal tomb crew at Deir el-Medina and owned the intact tomb TT1.