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Encyclopedia > Senusret III
Preceded by:
Senusret II
Pharaoh of Egypt
Twelfth Dynasty
Succeeded by:
Amenemhat III
Senusret III
Sesostris III or Senwosret III
Head of Senusret III on display at the Louvre, Paris
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Head of Senusret III on display at the Louvre, Paris
Reign 1878 – 1839 BC
Praenomen


Khakhaure (The king of the two lands,
The ka's of Ra have appeared)
Nomen




Senusret (The son of Ra,
man of the strong one)
Horus name
Image:srxtail2.GIF
Netcher Kheperu (Horus, divine of form)
Nebty name
Netcher Mesut (The two ladies, divine of birth)
Golden Horus
Kheper (The golden Horus has been created)
Major
Monuments
Buhen and Toshka

Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC, and was the fifth monarch of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. He was a Great Pharaoh of the twelfth Dynasty and is supposed to be the most powerful Egyptian ruler of this time. For this, he is regarded as one of the sources for the legend about Sesostris. Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... nomen or birth name Senusret II was a pharaoh of Egypt. ... Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twelfth Dynasty. ... nomen or birth name Amenemhat III (ca. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x667, 41 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Senusret III ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x667, 41 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Senusret III ... The Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous art galleries and museums in the world. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... Image File history File links Srxtail2. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated below the Second Cataract. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twelfth Dynasty. ... The Middle Kingdom is: a old name for China a period in the History of Ancient Egypt, the Middle Kingdom of Egypt This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sesostris was the name of a legendary king of ancient Egypt. ...


Senusret III continued his Kingdom's expansion deep into Nubia (from 1866 to 1863 BC) where he erected massive River Forts including Buhen and Toshka at Uronarti. One stela mentions his military activities against both Nubia and Palestine [1]. Morgan, in 1894, reported rock inscriptions near Sehel Island documenting his digging of a canal [2]. He erected a temple and town in Abydos, and another temple in Medamud [3]. Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ... Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated below the Second Cataract. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Stele is also a concept in plant biology. ... Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Sehel enscriptions Sehel Island is located just to the south of Aswan. ... Temple of Hephaestus, an ancient Greek Doric temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BC (western face depicted) For other uses, see Temple (disambiguation). ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Abydos may mean: Egyptian Mythology - The holy city of Osiris, who was buried there himself, as were many other pharaohs. ...


His pyramid was constructed at Dahshur. A papyrus in the Berlin Museum shows Year 20 of his reign is equivalent to Year 1 of his son Amenemhat III. This means that he initiated a coregency with his son in this year. According to Josef Wegner[4], a Year 39 hieratic control note was recovered on a white limestone block from "a securely defined deposit of construction debris produced from the building of the Senwosret III mortuary temple. The fragment itself is part of the remnants of the temple construction. This deposit provides evidence for the date of construction of the mortuary temple of Senwosret III at Abydos."(p.251) Wegner stresses that it is unlikely that Amenemhet III, Senusret's son and successor would still be working on his father's temple nearly 4 decades into his own reign and notes that the only possible solution for the block's existence here is that Senusret III had a 39 Year reign, with the final 20 years in coregency with his son Amenemhet III. Since the project was associated with a project of Senusret III, his Regnal Year was presumably used to date the block, rather than Year 20 of Amenemhet III. This implies that Senusret was still alive in the first 2 decades of his son's reign prior to his death. The pyramids of Egypt, some of which are amongst the largest man-made constructions ever conceived, constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus at Kew Gardens, London Papyrus is an early form of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that grows to 5 meters (15 ft) in height and was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen federal states of Germany. ... nomen or birth name Amenemhat III (ca. ... A Co-regency is the situation where a monarchical position (such as King, Queen, Emperor or Empress), normally held by only a single person, is held by two. ... nomen or birth name Amenemhat III (1807-1797 BC) was a Egypt. ...


Visually, Senusret III is known for his strikingly somber sculptures in which he appears careworn and grave.


References

  • W. Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: History,Archaeology and Society, Duckworth, London 2006 ISBN 0-7156-3435-6, 51-58
  1. ^ [1] Senusret (III) Khakhaure
  2. ^ [2] Senusret (III) Khakhaure
  3. ^ [3] Senusret (III) Khakhaure
  4. ^ Josef Wegner, The Nature and Chronology of the Senwosret III–Amenemhat III Regnal Succession: Some Considerations based on new evidence from the Mortuary Temple of Senwosret III at Abydos, JNES 55, Vol.4, (1996), pp.249-279

External links

  • Senusret III: The fifth king of the 12th Dynasty
  • Stela of Senusret III from Deir el-Bahri (hieroglyphic text in russian web-site)

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12th Dynasty - Senusret III, Amenemhet III, Amenemhet IV, Nefrusobek (3510 words)
Senusret III's statuary is much loser in terms of the rigid ideological representations of earlier kings and illustrates a shift in both the function of art and a change in the ideology surrounding the king.
Senusret III was most surely the son of Senusret II, changing a trend of having alternate leaders named Senusret and Amenemhet.
Senusret III is further attested by blocks from a doorway found near Qantir and by his rock inscriptions near the island of Sehel south of Aswan that record the reopening of the bypass canal.
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