| Semenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Smenre, Semenenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Axehead with the name of Semenre, Petrie Museum UC30079[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ruler ofUpper Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | ca. 1600 BC or 1580 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Nebiriau II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Bebiankh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 16th Dynasty or17th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Semenre (Smenre,[1]Semenenre[3]) is a poorly attestedThebanpharaoh during theSecond Intermediate Period of Egypt who succeeded the equally obscureNebiriau II.[3][4] He reigned from 1601 to 1600 BC (Kim Ryholt)[4] or ca. 1580 BC (Detlef Franke) and belonged to the16th Dynasty (Ryholt)[4] or the17th Dynasty[1] (Franke).
For this ruler only thethrone name is known, carved on atin-bronze axe head of unknown provenance, now in thePetrie Museum, London (UC30079).
TheTurin Canon 11.7 mentions "Semenra" between Nebitawra (11.6) and Seuserenre (11.8).[5][1]Semenre was succeeded bySeuserenre Bebiankh[3][4] who left behind more traces of building projects and mining activity in his reign than most kings of this dynasty with the exception ofDjehuti.[6]
| Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Succeeded by |
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