Djedkara Shemai

The fifth pharaoh of the Eighth Dynasty

Prenomen: Djedkara

Also known as: Djedkare Shemay

Djedkara Shemai is found on the Abydos king list number 44, while the Turin papyrus has a notation of a lacuna where the name would have been found.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

Djed ka Ra Shemai ★

ḏd-kꜢ-rꜤ-šmꜢꞽ

"The enduring one of the ka of Ra, the nomad"

Abydos Canon44·Beckerath, “Handbuch”:66-67, 5:T+E

Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2 ed., MÄS 49 (1999): pp. 66–67
Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. pp. 45
Baker. D. D., 2008. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I. pp. 86