Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom
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sšn.w

Spellings

“the lotus blossom”

Name types:
noun, plant name
Usage period:
mid-12th Dynasty - Second Intermediate Period
Gender:
both
References:
Ranke no.: I, 297.29, I, 297.30 / TLA no.: 400480, 706405 / Scheele-Schweitzer no.: 2986
Bibliography:
Kitchen 1987 [d]; Rosati Castellucci 1980, no. 121

Spellings & Attestations

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  1. m Seal/sealing Boston 24.1531

    Title:
    jrj-pḏt
    Provenance:
    Semna
    Origin:
    SUE

  2. m Stela Cairo CG 20228

    Provenance:
    Abydos
    Date:
    SIP

  3. f Stela Durham EG512

    Production place:
    Thebes
    Date:
    13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    sšnw (accepted)

  4. f Stela Durham EG512

    Production place:
    Thebes
    Date:
    13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    sšnw (accepted)

  5. m Statue Egypt at the Merrin Gallery, no. 9

    Title:
    smr-wꜥtj; ḫrp-srqt
    Date:
    ca. Senusret II
    Dossier:
    DAE 180 (accepted)

  6. m Stela Leiden AP 36

    Origin:
    MFR
    Date:
    late 12th Dyn.

  7. m Statue München ÄS 5361 + ÄS 7211

    Title:
    ḫrp-srqt
    Date:
    ca. Senusret II
    Dossier:
    DAE 180 (accepted)

  8. m Stela Sinai 85

    Provenance:
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Date:
    Amenemhat III - IV
    Dossier:
    sšnw (weak)

  9. m Stela Sinai 90

    Title:
    ꜥḥꜥw
    Provenance:
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Date:
    Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
    Dossier:
    sšnw (weak)

  10. m Stela Sinai 105

    Title:
    sꜣw (?)
    Provenance:
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Date:
    Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
    Dossier:
    sšnw (weak)

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  1. m Seal/sealing Berlin ÄM 32650

    Title:
    rḫ-nsw
    Date:
    late 13th Dyn. from Sobekhotep IV onward

  2. m Rock inscription Sinai 94

    Title:
    jdnw n jmj-rꜣ pr-wr
    Provenance:
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Date:
    Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
    Dossier:
    PD 127 (accepted)

  3. m Statue Sinai 98

    Title:
    rḫ-nsw mꜣꜥ; jdnw n jmj-rꜣ pr-wr
    Provenance:
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Date:
    Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
    Dossier:
    PD 127 (accepted)

  4. m Table Sinai 417

    Provenance:
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Date:
    Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
    Dossier:
    PD 127 (accepted)

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  1. m Stela BM EA844

    Title:
    jmj-rꜣ qstjw
    Origin:
    Dahshur
    Date:
    late 12th Dyn. - early 13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    PD 701 (accepted)

  2. m Stela Cairo CG 20048

    Title:
    jmj-rꜣ mšꜥ
    Provenance:
    Abydos
    Date:
    late 12th - 13th Dyn.

  3. m Architectural element Dahshur Exc. no. 128+136+142

    Title:
    ḥrj sštꜣ m pr [...]; ḥrj sštꜣ n pt n tꜣ; jmj-rꜣ qstjw; jmj-rꜣ ḥwt-nṯr
    Provenance:
    Dahshur
    Date:
    early 13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    PD 701 (accepted)

  4. m Seal/sealing Moscow I, 1а 2168

    Title:
    jtj-nṯr n ḥḏ-ḥtp; jmj-rꜣ mrt

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  1. m Statue Egypt at the Merrin Gallery, no. 9

    Title:
    smr-wꜥtj; ḫrp-srqt
    Date:
    ca. Senusret II
    Dossier:
    DAE 180 (accepted)

  2. m Statue München ÄS 5361 + ÄS 7211

    Title:
    ḫrp-srqt
    Date:
    ca. Senusret II
    Dossier:
    DAE 180 (accepted)

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  1. m Seal/sealing BM EA66736

    Title:
    jmj-rꜣ šnṯ
    Date:
    12th - 13th Dyn.

  2. f Rock inscription FSN 439

    Provenance:
    Kumma
    Date:
    13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    sšnw (accepted)

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  1. m Seal/sealing Berlin ÄM 32651

    Title:
    smsw hꜣjjt
    Origin:
    SUE
    Date:
    13th Dyn.

  2. m Architectural element Dahshur Exc. no. 128+136+142

    Title:
    ḥrj sštꜣ m pr [...]; ḥrj sštꜣ n pt n tꜣ; jmj-rꜣ qstjw; jmj-rꜣ ḥwt-nṯr
    Provenance:
    Dahshur
    Date:
    early 13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    PD 701 (accepted)

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  1. m Architectural element Dahshur Exc. no. 153

    Provenance:
    Dahshur
    Date:
    early 12th Dyn. or 13th Dyn.

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  1. m Stela Sinai 93

    Title:
    rḫ-nsw [mꜣꜥ]; ḫtmw-nṯr; ḥrj-tp (n) [šmꜥw] tꜣ-mḥw; jdnw n jmj-rꜣ pr-wr
    Provenance:
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Date:
    Amenemhat III nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt
    Dossier:
    PD 127 (accepted)

SA-Sn-//

  1. f Stela Rio de Janeiro 643 [2433]

    Date:
    13th dyn.
    Dossier:
    sšnw (accepted)

SA-Sn-M9:Z2

  1. f Stela Rio de Janeiro 643 [2433]

    Date:
    13th dyn.
    Dossier:
    sšnw (accepted)

M9:Z2

  1. m Seal/sealing NFA Scarabs and design amulets, no. 105

    Title:
    ḫtmw-bjtj; jmj-rꜣ ḫtmtjw; šmsw (n) nsw
    Date:
    13th Dyn.

S-M9B

  1. m Rock inscription Hammamat M 217

    Title:
    jkjj
    Provenance:
    Wadi Hammamat
    Date:
    late 12th Dyn.

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  1. f Stela Louvre C 192

    Origin:
    MFR
    Date:
    late 12th Dyn.

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  1. m Stela Roccati, Gs Berlev, no. 1

    Title:
    jmj-ḫt; sꜣ-prw
    Date:
    13th Dyn., Senebsumai

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  1. m Stela Leiden AP 36

    Origin:
    MFR
    Date:
    late 12th Dyn.

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  1. m Stela Louvre C 45

    Title:
    wdpw n ꜥt dqrw
    Origin:
    MFR
    Production place:
    MFR
    Date:
    13th Dyn., ca. Senbi

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  1. m Architectural element Dahshur Exc. no. 128+136+142

    Title:
    ḥrj sštꜣ m pr [...]; ḥrj sštꜣ n pt n tꜣ; jmj-rꜣ qstjw; jmj-rꜣ ḥwt-nṯr
    Provenance:
    Dahshur
    Date:
    early 13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    PD 701 (accepted)

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  1. m Statue München ÄS 5361 + ÄS 7211

    Title:
    ḫrp-srqt
    Date:
    ca. Senusret II
    Dossier:
    DAE 180 (accepted)

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  1. m Stela Cairo CG 20640

    Provenance:
    Abydos
    Date:
    13th Dyn.

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  1. f Rock inscription SEH 193

    Provenance:
    Sehel
    Date:
    13th Dyn.
    Dossier:
    sšnw (accepted)

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  1. f Rock inscription SEH 193

    Provenance:
    Sehel
    Date:
    13th Dyn.

Dossiers (multiple attestations of the same persons)

DAE 180: attestations 5, 7, 19, 20, 36

PD 127: attestations 12, 13, 14, 26

PD 701: attestations 15, 17, 24, 35

sšnw: attestations 4, 27

sšnw: attestations 3, 28

sšnw: attestations 8, 9, 10

sšnw: attestations 22, 38