Senusret (II) Khakheperre (Sesostris II) (1882-1872 BC)

King of the Twelfth Dynasty

References in the Petrie Museum:

• numerous references to his cult in the Lahun papyri

Further Attestations:

• Sphinx now in Cairo, originally coming from Heliopolis (Sourouzian 1996)
• Mentioned in some rock inscriptions near Aswan (de Morgan 1894: 24.165; 25.178 - mentioned together with Amenemhat II)

His wife is the 'king's wife, she who is united with the white crown, Weret' (fragment from Lahun, UC 14616)

Bibliography:

• Callender 2000: 164-165 (an introduction to his reign)
• Simpson 1984b (useful summary on the king and his reign)

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