Senimen
Senimen was an
18th Dynasty and who was tutor of the king's daughter Neferure. The latter had an exceptionally high status under the ruling queen Hatshepsut
(about 1507–1458 BC).
Senimen is known from several sources. A
Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet and Senenmut. Senimen must have been quite old in the reign of Hatshepsut, so it has been suggested that he was appointed already before Hatshepsut became ruling queen and when Thutmose II was still king.[2]
Senimen was buried in Theban tomb TT252. The tomb is heavily destroyed. Over the entrance is carved into the rocks a group of statues, showing Senimen as sitting on the ground and holding Neferure and a woman standing next to them.[3] Not much is known about his family. His mother was a woman called Senemiah. Previously it has been assumed that Senimen was the brother of the influential official Senenmut, but now this seems unlikely. However, both seem to have family relations, as Senimen and his mother are depicted in the tomb chapel of Senenmut.[4]
References
- ^ N. de Garis Davies, edited by M. F. Laming Macadam: A corpus of inscribed Egyptian funerary cones, Oxford 1957, no. 120
- ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4, pp. 181. the book online
- ISBN 1-58839-173-6, p. 113, fig. 50 the book online
- ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4, pp. 182.the book online