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Second king of the Twelfth Dynasty. Senusret is thought to have reigned for the first ten years in a coregency with his fatherAmenemhat I: if so, the start of his reign (and of the coregency) seems to be the point at which a new Residence city was founded at Lisht, and the pyramid of Amenemhat I was begun. Senusret I is responsible for a building programme in which many temples all over the country were for the first time rebuilt in stone or at least decorated with stone elements, with inscriptions and images of the king. The pyramid of the king in Lisht follows the plan of the late Old Kingdom pyramid. Several military campaigns against Nubia are attested, with the foundation of fortresses, for example atBuhen, demonstrating expanding Egyptian control.

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

relief fromKoptos UC 14786	UC 11253 (furniture inlay?)

Shells with the name 'Senusret' and 'Kheperkare'. (click on the pictures for larger images)

Further Attestations (selection):

The king is attested at many temples in the Egypt (Hierakonpolis, Denderah, Abydos, Heliopolis, Bubastis, Medinet el Fayum; seeSimpson 1984a ):

• Temple building on Elephantine (click on the picture)
  
• Temple building at Tod (click on the picture)
  
• Temple buildings at Karnak; Egyptologists have been able to construct a way station, the 'white chapel', from blocks that had been reused later (Lacau/Chevrier 1956/Lacau/Chevrier 1959)
• Mentioned in a rock inscription nearAswan with the 32nd year of his reign (de Morgan 1894: 19.94)

Bibliography:

• Arnold 1988 (on the pyramid of the king at Lisht)
• Gautier/Jéquier 1902: 3-61;Arnold/Arnold/Arnold 1992 (the pyramid complex of the king in Lisht)
• Hachachi 1975 (on the building activity of the king, south of Thebes)
• Obsomer 1995 (a monograph on the king and his reign, the author tries to show that there was no coregency between Amenemhat I and Senusret I)
• Simpson 1984a (useful summary of his reign)

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