| Senedj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sened, Sendj, Sethenes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cartouche name of Senedj in the Abydos King List (cartouche no. 13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 2773–2753 BC or later | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Wadjenes or Weneg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | uncertain; Sekhemib, Peribsen, Neferkara I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Wadjenes ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 2nd Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senedj (also known as Sened and Sethenes) was an early Egyptian king (pharaoh), who may have ruled during the 2nd Dynasty. His historical standing remains uncertain. His name is included in the kinglists of the Ramesside era, although it is written in different ways: While the Abydos King List imitates the archaic form, the Royal Canon of Turin and the Saqqara King List form the name with the hieroglyphic sign of a plucked goose.
It is unknown how long Senedj ruled over Egypt. The Royal Canon of Turin credits him with 70 years of rulership,[1] the ancient Egyptian historian Manetho states that Séthenes (as he calls Senedj) ruled for 41 years.[2]
- ^ Alan H. Gardiner: The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute of Oxford, Oxford (UK) 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3, p. 15 & table I.
- ^ William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (= The Loeb Classical Library, Vol. 350). Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 2004, ISBN 0-674-99385-3, p. 37-41.