Tao I the Elder
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Senakhtenre Tao I the Elder was a Pharaoh of Egypt of the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt based in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. He was born c.1605 BC and died c.1560 or 1558 BC at the latest. He may or may not have been the son of Intef VII, successor of Nebkheperre Intef Sekhemrewepmaat. Kim Ryholt observes that "since Senaktenre was remembered as one of the Lords of the West alongside Seqenenre and Kamose, he is generally believed to have been a member of the family of Ahmose and as such identified with the otherwise unidentified spouse" of Queen Tetisheri, Ahmose's grandmother. (Ryholt: pp.278-79) He had a son--his successor Tao II the Brave. Unlike his two successors Tao II the Brave and Kamose, Senakhtenre is a relatively obscure king who is not attested "by [any] contemporary sources (by his prenomen) but exclusively by sources dating from the New Kingdom: the Karnak Canon [of Tuthmose III] and [in] two Theban tombs." (Ryholt: p.278) Donald Redford's book, Pharaonic King-Lists, mentions these 2 Theban tombs. (Redford: 43, 48 [12]) The evidence suggest that his reign was very short and may have lasted only several months or 1 year at the most.
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- Donald Redford, Pharaonic King-Lists, Annals, and Day-Books: A Contribution to the Study of the Egyptian Sense of History, SSEA Publication IV, (Mississauga, Ontario: Benben Publications) 1986
- Kim Ryholt, "The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications," vol.20. (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997) ISBN 87-7289-421-0
| Preceded by Sobekemsaf II |
Pharaoh of Egypt Seventeenth Dynasty |
Succeeded by Tao II the Brave |
