Djedkare Shemai may have been an ancient Egyptian

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during the Eighth Dynasty of the

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. His name is only attested on the

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, 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. Kim Ryholt: ''The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and the Identity of Nitocris'', Zeitschrift für ägyptische, 127, 2000, p. 91 No contemporary document or building with his name has been found.Jürgen von Beckerath: ''Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen''.

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, München/ Berlin 1984, , p. 48, 186.

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VIIth Dynasty 2175 - 2165
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Accessed November 9, 2006. 22nd-century BC pharaohs Pharaohs of the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub 3rd-millennium BC births 22nd-century BC deaths