Senseneb

Senseneb was the mother of Pharaoh Thutmose I in the Eighteenth Dynasty of the early New Kingdom.

Senseneb
King's Mother (Mw.t-nswt)
Painted relief of Senseneb from Deir el-Bahri
Issue	Thutmose I
Egyptian name	Snj snb
Dynasty	Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Religion	Ancient Egyptian religion

Attestations

Senseneb (sn⸗j-snb,^[1] also Seniseneb) bore the title of King's Mother (mwt-nsw) and is therefore thought to have been a commoner.

Wadi Halfa, Cairo CG 34006

At Buhen in Wadi Halfa, a sandstone stela fragment dated to Year 1 of Thutmose I, mentions [...]; jmj-rꜣ ḫꜣst rsjt trj and King's Mother Senseneb (mwt-nsw sn⸗j-snb).^[2] She is shown swearing an oath of allegiance as the king's mother on the coronation of her son Thutmose I.^[3]

Deir el-Bahri PM 122, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

At Deir el-Bahri, Senseneb is also depicted on painted reliefs from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.^[4][5] Here she has the title ḥnwt-tꜣwj meaning Mistress of the Two Lands.

Ashmolean AN1896-1908.E.3926

A limestone pyramidion beloning to the lector priest of the king's mother Tety.^[6] It mentions King's Mother Senseneb and Djehuty, son of the lector priest who was the patron of this monument.

Berlin ÄM 15006

A limestone statue of a seated man with the royal name of Thutmose I, beloning to lector priest of the king's mother and wab-priest of Hathor, the lady of Hu, Amenemhat.^[7] It also mentions King's Mother Senseneb.^[8]