| Djedkare Shemai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The cartouche of Djedkare Shemai on the Abydos King List. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Neferkare Neby? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Neferkare Khendu? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | Eighth Dynasty? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Djedkare Shemai may have been an ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the Eighth Dynasty of the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List, as the Abydos King List is the primary source for identifying seventh/eighth dynasties (combined). Djedkare Shemai is absent from the Turin canon as a large lacuna in this document affects most kings of the 7th/8th Dynasty.[2] No contemporary document or building with his name has been found.[1][3]
- ^ a b Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3, p. 114.
- ^ Kim Ryholt: The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and the Identity of Nitocris, Zeitschrift für ägyptische, 127, 2000, p. 91
- ^ Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/ Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-422-00832-2, p. 48, 186.