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Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt > Senedj

Senedj

Senedj (or Sethenes / Sened) was a pharaoh / king during the Second Dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 20 years.

When pharaoh Senedj was in power Egypt was probably divided once again into its southern and northern parts, with him as the king in Lower Egypt from the capital Memphis. In the Turin Canon the length of his reign is lacking but a notation of (at least) 70 years indicates his age when he died.

There are no contemporary remains of him, not even the smallest writing is found so far. A possible exception is a block of stone with his name on it, that was found and reused as building material in the mortuary temple of Fourth Dynasty king Khafra (Khefren) at Giza. This piece might just be of second dynasty origin and thus contemporary to Senedj.

Another artifact with his name is from a private Fourth Dynasty tomb in Saqqara where a man called Shery has a title that tells that he is connected with the cult commemorating king Senedj. This is a couple of hundred years after his death. The text also mentions king Peribsen who probably was Senedj's counterpart in the southern part of the country at the same time.

All other material sources science have about him are made in later times and one remarkable object in a statuette from 2,000 years after his death made in the 800s BC.

His name appears on the King List, the Abydos list, and in the canon from a private tomb in Saqqara where he is depicted simply by a plucked goose. He is mentioned in the Canon of Turin as well, also there as a plucked goose.

Manetho gives him a reign of 41 years and calls him Sethenes. If that name has something to do with the god Seth we don't know, but Egyptian records refer to him as Sened. His tomb has not as yet been identified.