King Djedkare

Djedkare Isesi

King of the Fifth Dynasty (2450-2300 BC)

Horus name: Djed-khau
Nebty name: Djed-khaw-Nebty
Golden Falcon name: Bik-nub-djed
Prenomen: Djedkare
Nomen: Isesi

Burial place: Pyramid (called Nefer-Djed-ka-Re) in south Saqqara

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

seal UC 11107

cosmetic plaque UC 11771

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Further Attestations:

Inscriptions at Magharah (Sinai) (Gardiner/Peet/Cerný 1955: nos. 13-15)
Inscription on a vessel, mentioning the first sed festival of the king (Sethe 1933: 57)
Dedication inscription to Niuserre found at Abusir (Sethe 1933: 179)
Papyri found at Abusir are dated to the reign of the king

Attestations in biographies of high officials:

Biography of Itush found at Saqqara (Sethe 1933: 191-193)
Biography of Gemni in his tomb at Saqqara (Sethe 1933: 194)
Letter of the king to the Rashepses; tomb of Rashepses at Saqqara (Sethe 1933: 179-180)
Two letters of the king to Senedjemib; tomb of Senedjemib in Gizeh (Sethe 1933: 59-65; 68)
Expedition of his reign mentioned in letter of king Pepy II in the biography of Herkhuf in his tomb near Elephantine (Sethe 1933: 128-131)

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