Seneb (king's son)

Seneb ^[1] was an ancient Egyptian living in the Thirteenth Dynasty about 1750 BC. He is known from a number of sources around king Sobekhotep III, who was his brother. The father of Seneb was the god's father Mentuhotep, his mother was the king's mother called Iuhetibu.^[2] Seneb bears the title king's son, although he was not the son of a king. In the Thirteenth Dynasty the title king's son was often used as title of honor and did not automatically mean that the title bearer was the son of a king. Seneb's own family is known from a stela now in Vienna (ÄS 135).^[3] His wife was called Nebtit and their children were:

• Elder of the hall Sobekhotep.
• Lady of the house Iuhetibu (named for her paternal grandmother)
• Trainer of the dogs Mentuhotep (named for her paternal grandfather)
• Henut.^[4]

Stela Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, showing Seneb in front of the god Min