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Semenkhkare (about 1337-1334 BC)
King of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Some scholars identify this ruler as Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten, because the throne-name Ankhkheperure occurs first with a nomen Neferneferuaten, and that had regularly been part of the name of Nefertiti; other scholars consider Semenkhkare to be a younger brother of Tutankhamun, with a very short reign. The evidence is inconclusive.
| Horus name: Nebty name: Golden Falcon name: Prenomen: Ankhkheperure-Merywaenre Nomen: Semenkhkare-Djeserkheperu |
Burial place: unknown |
Attestations:
Rings found at Amarna (Petrie 1894: pl. XV. 103-104)
Bibliography (very selective):
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