| Renseneb | |||||||||||||||||
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| Ranisonb | |||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 4 months, 1777 BC[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Khaankhre Sobekhotep | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Hor Awybre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Father | uncertain, possiblySeankhibre Ameny Antef Amenemhat VI | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 13th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||
Renseneb Amenemhat (also known asRanisonb) was anEgyptianpharaoh of the13th Dynasty during theSecond Intermediate Period. According to egyptologistKim Ryholt, Renseneb was the 14th king of the dynasty, whileDetlef Franke sees him as the 13th ruler andJürgen von Beckerath as the 16th.[1][2][3][4] Renseneb is poorly attested and histhrone name remains unknown.
Renseneb is known primarily thanks to theTurin King List where he appears in Column 7, line 16 (Gardiner col. 6 line 6). He is credited a reign of four months.[1]
Renseneb is otherwise known from a single contemporary object, a bead of glazedsteatite, last seen byPercy Newberry in an antique dealer shop in Cairo in 1929.[5] The bead reads "Ranisonb Amenemhat, who gives life".[5] The DanishEgyptologistKim Ryholt interprets this double name as meaning "Ranisonb [Son of] Amenemhat" thereby showing that he was a son of a king Amenemhat.[1] The closest predecessor of Renseneb whose nomen is known to have been Amenemhat wasSeankhibre Ameny Antef Amenemhet VI, who ruled about 10 years earlier. However, thenomina of three intervening kings,Sehetepibre,Sewadjkare andNedjemibre, are unknown and could have been Amenemhat. One of them could thus be Renseneb's father,[5] or (older) brothers in succession.
Other researchers such as Stephen Quirke do not follow him in this interpretation.[6]
Renseneb's successor,Hor, could have been of non-royal birth since he never reported his parentage. Consequently, Ryholt proposed that Hor usurped the throne.[1] In any case the ephemeral reigns of the rulers of the early 13th Dynasty point to the general political instability of the time.
| Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt Thirteenth Dynasty | Succeeded by |
