page_title: Sheneh (pharaoh)
section_title: Identity
hierarchical_section_title: Sheneh (pharaoh) / Identity
caption_attribution_description: English: Scarab of pharaoh Sheneh, second intermediate period, now in the British Museum
context_page_description: Sheneh was a ruler of some part of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, possibly during the 17th century BC, and likely belonging to the 14th Dynasty. As such he would have ruled from Avaris over the eastern Nile Delta and possibly over the Western Delta as well. His chronological position and identity are unclear.
context_section_description: Sheneh is comparatively well attested for a 14th Dynasty ruler and the Egyptologist Kim Ryholt consequently proposes that he may be identifiable to either Sehebre or Merdjefare. Indeed Sehebre and Merdjefare reigned for 3 to 4 years each, the longest reigns of the dynasty, and are otherwise poorly attested.
  The name of Sheneh has sometimes been translated as Shenes due to a misreading of the signs for given life, an epithet commonly given to kings.
caption: Scarab of Sheneh, now in the British Museum BM EA 32392.[5]
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