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Sennedjem
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Sennedjem was an Ancient Egyptian artisan who was active during the reigns of Seti I and Ramesses II. He lived in Set Maat (translated as "The Place of Truth"), contemporary Deir el-Medina, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes. Sennedjem had the title "Servant in the Place of Truth". He was buried along with his wife, Iyneferti, and members of his family in a tomb in the village necropolis. His tomb was discovered January 31, 1886. When Sennedjem's tomb was found, it contained furniture from his home, including a stool and a bed, which he used when he was alive.

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Egyptian dignitary.Name
Sennedjem
Egyptian dignitary.Style
Servant in the Place of Truth
Egyptian dignitary.Image
Mummy mask of Khonsu.jpg
Egyptian dignitary.Caption
Funerary mask of Sennedjem or his son Khonsu
Egyptian dignitary.egyptian_name
T23:N35-M29-Aa15:Y1
Egyptian dignitary.Dynasty
19th Dynasty
Egyptian dignitary.Pharaoh
Seti I and Ramesses II
Egyptian dignitary.Father
Khabekhnet
Egyptian dignitary.Mother
Tahenu
Egyptian dignitary.Siblings
Tjaro, Tutuya, Messu
Egyptian dignitary.Wife
Iyneferti
Egyptian dignitary.Children
at least 10, including Khabekhnet and Khonsu
Egyptian dignitary.Burial
TT1

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Tomb of Sennedjem
date of birth
1300-00-00
date of death
1001-00-00
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Sennedjem was an Ancient Egyptian artisan who was active during the reigns of Seti I and Ramesses II. He lived in Set Maat (translated as "The Place of Truth"), contemporary Deir el-Medina, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes. Sennedjem had the title "Servant in the Place of Truth". He was buried along with his wife, Iyneferti, and members of his family in a tomb in the village necropolis. His tomb was discovered January 31, 1886. When Sennedjem's tomb was found, it contained furniture from his home, including a stool and a bed, which he used when he was alive.

==Career and family== Sennedjem was an ancient Egyptian official active in the early Nineteenth Dynasty during the reigns of the pharaohs Seti I and Ramesses II. He bore the title "servant in the Place of Truth" (sḏm ꜥš m s.t mꜣꜥ.t), which indicates he was part of the community of royal tomb builders at Deir el-Medina. He may have been a scribe, based on the presence of an ostracon of the Tale of Sinuhe placed near his coffin. Sennedjem was involved in the cult of the goddess Hathor, bearing the title "servant of Hathor". His mummy has not been X-rayed or CT-scanned so nothing is known about his health or age at death.

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