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Seqenenra

The eighth pharaoh of the Seventeenth Dynasty
Prenomen: Seqenenra
Also known as: Seqenenre Tao
Accession 1558 BC
End of reign 1554 BC
Duration 4 years
Seqenenra Tao is credited with starting the liberation of Egypt from the Hyksos fifteenth dynasty in the north. He was however defeated and taken prisoner by the forces of king Apepi and likely executed. His son Kamose continued and expanded the campaign against the Hyksos.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

xaj-m-wAs
Kha em Waset
ḫꜤꞽ-m-wꜢs
"The one who has appeared in Thebes"
Winlock, The Tombs of the Kings of the Seventeenth Dynasty at Thebes JEA 10 (1924): 258-259
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:128-129, 14:H
sqn.n-ra
Seqen en Ra
sḳn.n-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra has made brave"
Coffin of king Tao (Cairo Museum, CG 61001, JE 26209)
Piehl, Inscriptions hieroglyphiques, I, LXXVI (N)
PaM, I.2, 658
sqn.n-ra
Seqen en Ra
sḳn.n-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra has made brave"
Shroud of princess Ahmose from tomb QV47, now in Museo Egizio in Turin
sqn.n-ra
Seqen en Ra
sḳn.n-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra has made brave"
Daressy, Notes et remarques, REC 16 (1894): 44 (XCVII)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:128-129, 14:T2
sqn.n-ra
Seqen en Ra
sḳn.n-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra has made brave"
Karnak Canon25·Beckerath, “Handbuch”:128-129, 14:T1
sqn.n-ra
Seqen en Ra
sḳn.n-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra has made brave"
Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 12d (3)
DHwty aA(.w)
Tao
ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w)
"Taa ("Thoth is great")"
Axe head, LACMA M.80.203.43
Coffin of king Tao (Cairo Museum, CG 61001, JE 26209)
PaM, I.2, 658
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:128-129, 14:E1
DHwty aA(.w)
Tao
ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w)
"Taa ("Thoth is great")"
Statue naming princes and princesses
Bouriant, Notes de voyage, REC 11 (1889): 159
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:128-129, 14:E2
DHwty aA(.w) qn
Tao qen
ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w) ḳn
"Taa ("Thoth is great") the Brave"
Shroud of princess Ahmose from tomb QV47, now in Museo Egizio in Turin
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:130-131, 14:E5
DHwty aA(.w) qn
Tao qen
ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w) ḳn
"Taa ("Thoth is great") the Brave"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:130-131, 14:E3
DHwty aA(.w)
Tao
ḏḥwty ꜤꜢ(.w)
"Taa ("Thoth is great")"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:130-131, 14:E4

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