Senusret IV

Senusret IV
Senusret IV Seneferibre
Colossal statue CG 42026 of Senusret IV, discovered in 1901 by Georges Legrain in Karnak.[1]
Colossal statue CG 42026 of Senusret IV, discovered in 1901 by Georges Legrain in Karnak.[1]
Pharaoh
Reignlate 17th to early 16th century BC
Predecessoruncertain, a king whose name is lost (von Beckerath) or Mentuhotep VI (new arrangement)
Successoruncertain, Mentuhotep VI (von Beckerath) or Wepwawetemsaf (new arrangement)
Royal titulary
Horus name
Wehemankh [2]
Wḥm-ˁnḫ
Horus, repeating of life
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Nebty name
Sankhtawy[2][3]
S-ˁnḫ-t3wj
He who nourishes the two lands
G16
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Golden Horus
Neferkhaw[2][3]
Nfr-ḫˁw
Beautiful of apparitions
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Z2
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Seneferibre[2][3]
S.nfr-jb-Rˁ
He who delights the heart of Ra
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Nomen
Senusret[2]
S(j) n Wsrt
The man of Wosret (litt. the strong one)
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Dynastylate 13th dynasty, 16th dynasty or early 17th dynasty

Senusret IV Seneferibre was an ancient Egyptian Theban king during the late Second Intermediate Period that is attested only through finds from Upper Egypt. The chronological position of Senusret IV is unclear and even the dynasty to which he belongs is debated.

  1. ^ Georges Legrain: Statues et statuettes de rois et de particuliers, in Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Le Caire, 1906. I, 171 pp., 79 pls, available copyright-free online, published in 1906, see p. 18 and p. 109
  2. ^ a b c d e Georges Legrain: Sur une stèle de Senousrit IV, in: "Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale; Mission Archéologique Française; Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes: pour servir de bulletin à la Mission Française du Caire", (1908), available online
  3. ^ a b c G. Legrain, Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Egypte 2 (1901), 272