Djedkare Isesi in Greek known as Tancheres^[1] from Manetho's Aegyptiaca, was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty. He is assigned a reign of twenty-eight years by the Turin Canon although some Egyptologists believe this is an error and should rather be thirty-eight years. Manetho ascribes to him a reign of forty-four years while the archaeological evidence suggests that his reign is likely to have exceeded thirty-two years. His prenomen or royal name?Djedkare?means "The Soul of Ra Endureth."^[2]

Djedkare Isesi did not, as was customary for his dynasty, build his own sun temple, but did build his pyramid at Saqqara instead of Abusir. This is believed to be a sign that Osiris had now replaced the sun-god Ra as the most popular god. Titles were now thought to hold magical power; their growing importance believed to be a sign of a gradual decentralization of power.

An entire series of dated administrative papyri from Djedkare's reign, (the Prisse Papyrus at the Louvre, authored by Ptah-hotep), was discovered in king Neferirkare's mortuary temple. According to Miroslav Verner, Djedkare Isesi's highest known date is a Year 22 IV Akhet day 12 papyrus,^[3] which would belong anywhere from Year 32 to Year 44 of his reign depending on whether the Cattle Count was Bi-annual (2 times) or semi-annual (1.5 times).

Reconstruction of Djedkare's pyramid complex at Saqqara

Djedkare Isesi's reign is well documented both by the Abusir papyri as well as by numerous royal seals and contemporary inscriptions; taken together, they indicate a fairly long reign for this king.^[4]

His almost complete mummy, along with a badly broken basalt sarcophagus and a niche for the canopic chest, was discovered in his damaged pyramid tomb at Saqqara.

External links

• The Mastaba of Ptahhotep reliefs from his tomb (Prisse Papyrus)

See also

• List of Egyptian pyramids
• List of megalithic sites

References

• Miroslav Verner, Archaeological Remarks on the 4th and 5th Dynasty Chronology, Archiv Orientální, Volume 69: 2001, pp. 405-410 (coverage of Djedkare Isesi's reign)

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