Seneb (king's son)

Seneb was an Ancient Egyptian living in the Thirteenth Dynasty about 1750 BC. He is known from a number of sources around king Sobekhotep III, who was his brother. The father of Seneb was the god's father Mentuhotep, his mother was the king's mother called Iuhetibu.[1] Seneb bears the title king's son, although he was not the son of a king. In the Thirteenth Dynasty the title king's son was often used as title of honor and did not automatically mean that the title bearer was the son of a king. From a stela now in Vienna (ÄS 135)[2] Seneb's own family is known. One son was the elder of the hall Sobekhoet. A sister was the lady of the house Iuhetibu, and another brother was the trainer of the dogs Mentuhotep. The latter two children were evidently named after thair grandparents.

References

  1. ↑ K.S.B. Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800-1550 BC, (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), 223-224
  2. ↑ Irmgard Hein, Helmut Satzinger: Stelen des Mittleren Reiches I, Mainz 1989, ISBN 3-8053-1002-1, 44-47
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