Niuserre

King of the Fifth Dynasty (2450-2300 BC)

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

Seal UC 11103

Further Attestations:

• Sun temple (called Shepsep-ib-Re) in Abu Ghurab
• Inscriptions at Magharah (Sinai) (Gardiner/Peet/Cerný 1955: nos. 10-11)
• Faience plaque from the Satis temple on Elephantine (Dreyer 1986: 148-149, no. 426)
• Object found at Byblos (Dunand 1939: 280)

Bibliography:

• Petrie 1925a: 87-89 (list of sources known at that time)
• Borchardt 1907 (excavation report on the pyramid complex)
• Borchardt 1905 (excavation report on the architecture of the sun temple)

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