Senakhtenre Tao I
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| Senakhtenre Tao I | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tao the Elder | |||
| Pharaoh of Egypt | |||
| Reign | c.1 year[1], 17th Dynasty | ||
| Predecessor | Sobekemsaf II? | ||
| Successor | Seqenenre Tao II | ||
| Father | Intef VII? | ||
| Died | 1580 or 1570 BC | ||
Senakhtenre Tao I was a Pharaoh of Egypt of the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt based in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. He was born c.1656 BC and died c.1580 or 1570 BC at the latest. His prenomen Senakhtenre means "Perpetuated like Re." [2]
He may or may not have been the son of Intef VII, the successor of Nebkheperre Intef VI. The Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt observes that "since Senaktenre was remembered as one of the Lords of the West alongside Seqenenre and Kamose, he is generally believed to have been a member of the family of Ahmose and as such identified with the otherwise unidentified spouse" of Queen Tetisheri, Ahmose's grandmother. [3] He was succeeded by his son, Seqenenre Tao II. Unlike his two successors Tao II, and Kamose, Senakhtenre is a relatively obscure king who is not attested "by [any] contemporary sources (by his prenomen) but exclusively by sources dating from the New Kingdom: the Karnak Canon [of Tuthmose III] and [in] two Theban tombs." [4] Donald Redford's book mentions these 2 Theban tombs. [5] The evidence suggest that his reign was very short and may have lasted only several months or 3 years at the most.
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- Clayton, Peter (2006). Chronicle of the Pharaohs. Thames and Hudson Ltd.
- Redford, Donald (1986). "Pharaonic King-Lists, Annals, and Day-Books: A Contribution to the Study of the Egyptian Sense of History". SSEA Publication. Mississauga, Ontario: Benben Publications.
- Ryholt, Kim (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. ISBN 87-7289-421-0.
