Segerseni
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 Drawing of an inscription depicting Segerseni's titulary. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reign | early 20th century BCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | king of Nubia, concurrent with 12th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Segerseni was an
Attestation
Segerseni is attested by one[3] or two[4][5] rock inscriptions discovered in Umbarakab (Khor-Dehmit) in Lower Nubia. Segerseni's throne name as given on the inscriptions remains in doubt as it was roughly carved and became badly weathered over time. It could be Menkhkare or Wadjkare. The former is now regarded as more probable.[3] One of Segerseni's inscriptions possibly records a war in the unidentified region of Persenbet.[5]
Segerseni is not attested on any of the Egyptian king lists.[3]
Biography
Even though Segerseni adopted the
It is known that Amenemhat I dispatched Khnumhotep I, the faithful Great Chief of the Oryx nome (the 16th nome of Upper Egypt) at Elephantine to Nubia in order to wipe out the last resistance against him there,[7] but it is not known with certainty who was the leader of this resistance. It remains conjectural to posit that it was Segerseni. Furthermore, two other rulers based in Nubia, Iyibkhentre and Qakare Ini are known, likely from the same time period. They were both likely pretenders to the Egyptian throne, and the relationships between them and Segerseni are unknown. If Segerseni was indeed Amenemhat I's foe, he could have been fighting on Mentuhotep IV's side or for his own Nubian realm. Indeed, Nubia had gained its independence during the First Intermediate Period, as indicated by the military campaigns of Mentuhotep II in the region, only 40 years prior to Segerseni's conjectured lifetime.[8]
References
- ^ ISBN 3-422-00832-2, pp. 64, 196.
- ^ Arthur Weigall, A Report on the Antiquities of Lower Nubia. Cairo 1907, pl. 19.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, 2008, p. 357
- ^ T. Save-Soderbergh: Agypten und Nubien, Lund: Hakan Ohlsson 1941, 43 f
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-17197-8.
- ^ Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society. London, Duckworth Egyptology, 2006, pp. 27-28.
- ^ Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford, Blackwell Books, 1992, p. 158–60.
- ^ Gae Callender, in: Ian Shaw (edit.), Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, p. 140.
Further reading
- BIFAO9 (1911), pp. 99–136.
- ISBN 3-491-96053-3, p. 259.