Seqenenra
★sḳn.n-rꜤ — ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w)
His mummy shows severe head wounds, suggesting he died in battle against the Hyksos.
- Reign
- 1558 BC–1554 BC
- Dynasty
- Seventeenth Dynasty
- Period
- Second Intermediatec. 1650 BC – 1550 BC
- Also known as
- Seqenenre Tao
Royal Names in Hieroglyphs
3 of 5 documented
Horus Name
Prenomen (Throne Name)
3 sources
- Coffin of king Tao (Cairo Museum, CG 61001, JE 26209)
- Piehl, Inscriptions hieroglyphiques, I, LXXVI (N)
- Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography , I.2, 658
Nomen (Birth Name)
4 sources
- Axe head, LACMA M.80.203.43
- Coffin of king Tao (Cairo Museum, CG 61001, JE 26209)
- Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography , I.2, 658
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 128-129, 14:E1
2 variants
Nomen (Birth Name) variant A
ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w) ḳn
Taa ("Thoth is great") the Brave
Nomen (Birth Name) variant B
ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w) ḳn
Taa ("Thoth is great") the Brave
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