Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

362 Senheb tomb with that of the queen-pharaoh. This or some other transgression brought about his fall from power. He never occ ...

Senwosret III 363 Senwosret I was not interested in wholesale conquest and limited his campaigns to the defense of Egypt’s bor- ...

364 Senwosret III Khemetnefer-Sheri, SOBEK-SHEDTY-NEFERU, SIT-WERET, and possibly SIT-HATHOR YUNET. Senwosret III is one of the ...

Serqset 365 Sept He was a deity of the 20th nome of Egypt, called “the Lord of the East,” “the Smiter of the Mentiu,” or “Sept o ...

366 Servants of the Place of Truth Servants of the Place of Truth Also called the Servi- tors of the Place of Truth, the name as ...

Seti I 367 Setau(fl. 13th century B.C.E.)Viceroyal official of the Nineteenth Dynasty He served RAMESSES II(r. 1290–1224 B.C.E.) ...

368 Seti II with reliefs. Seti I also built a temple in ABYDOS, called “the House of Millions of Years of Menma’atré, Joyful in ...

shabtis 369 the Nile near KOPTOS. The text was in separate boxes, guarded by reptiles. Setna realized that such knowledge was da ...

370 shaduf day of the year, plus one overseer shabti.The figures were usually inscribed with prayers urging the shabtis to assum ...

Shepenwepet 371 Shedsunefertum(fl. 10th century B.C.E.) Official of the Twenty-second Dynasty He served SHOSHENQ I(r. 945–924 B. ...

372 Shepseskaré Shepseskaré (Ini)(d. 2419 B.C.E.)Fourth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty He reigned from 2426 B.C.E. until his death. ...

Shuta 373 the high priest of AMUNand the governor of Upper Egypt. Nimlot was made commander of HERAKLEOPOLIS, and Djedptahaufank ...

374 Shuwardata Shuwardata(fl. 14th century B.C.E.)Prince of Hebron in the Amarna Period He wrote to AKHENATEN(r. 1353–1335 B.C.E ...

Siptah 375 The rise of MONTUHOTEP II(r. 2061–2010 B.C.E.) and the union of the Two Kingdoms in Egypt put an end to Asiatic incur ...

376 Sirenput of tomb robberies, and his mummy was discovered with other royal remains in the tomb of AMENHOTEP II. Sirenput (1)( ...

Smendes 377 Sitiah(fl. 15th century B.C.E.)Royal woman of the Eigh- teenth Dynasty She was a consort of TUTHMOSIS III(r. 1479–14 ...

378 Smendes Smendes (2)(fl. 11th century B.C.E.) Priestly official of the Twenty-first Dynasty He served as high priest of Amun ...

Sobek-khu-Za’a 379 Kingdom (1550–1070 B.C.E.), Sobek was associated with the god AMUNand was also worshiped as Sobek-Ré. Sobekem ...

380 Sobekneferu guardians of the royal NILOMETERS. He was 66 years old at the time. Sobekneferu (Nefru-Sobek)(d. 1783 B.C.E.)Las ...

social evolution in Egypt 381 dedicated from achieving rank and power. What was nec- essary for the individual Egyptian in any h ...