Editing Djedkare Isesi (section)

==Attestations==

===Contemporaneous sources===
Djedkare is well attested in sources contemporaneous with his reign.{{efn|group=note|Numerous artefacts bearing Djedkare's nomen, prenomen or [[serekh]] have been unearthed, which provide information about trade relations or the state administration during Djedkare's reign. These artifacts are now scattered throughout the world in many museums including the [[Louvre Museum]],{{sfn|Louvre Museum, Online Collection|2016|loc=Item [http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=3302&langue=fr E32669]}} the [[Petrie Museum]],{{sfn|Petrie Museum|2016|loc=[http://petriecat.museums.ucl.ac.uk/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceUCLPC&search=accession_number=%20%27UC11107%27&limit=10&SRT0=&TYP0=&SEQ0=&position=1 UC11107]}}{{sfn|Digital Egypt for Universities|2016}} the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]],{{sfn|Metropolitan Museum of Art|2016}} the [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]],{{sfn|Boston Museum of Fine Arts|2016}} and the [[Egyptian Museum of Berlin]].{{sfn|Borchardt|1907|pp=157–158|loc=fig. 131}}}} The tombs of many of his courtiers and family members have been discovered in Giza,{{efn|group=note|Cemetery 2000 in Giza contains several tombs of overseers and inspectors of the palace attendants who lived during Djedkare's reign.{{sfn|Roth|1995}}}} [[Saqqara]] and [[Abusir]].{{sfn|Verner|Callender|Strouhal|2002}} They give insights into the administrative reforms that Djedkare conducted during his reign and, in a few cases, even record letters that the king sent to his officials.{{sfn|Sethe|1903|pp=59–65; 68; 179–180}}{{sfn|Hayes|1978|p=122}} These letters, inscribed on the walls of tombs, typically present royal praises for the tomb owner.{{sfn|Thompson|1999|pp=976–977}}

Another important source of information about Egypt during the reign of Djedkare is the [[Abusir Papyri|Abusir papyri]]. These are administrative documents, covering a period of 24 years{{sfn|Thompson|1999|p=977}} during Djedkare's reign; they were discovered in the mortuary temples of kings [[Neferirkare Kakai]], [[Neferefre]] and queen [[Khentkaus II]].{{sfn|Papyrus Abu Sir, British Museum website|2016}} In addition to these texts, the earliest letters on papyrus preserved to the present day also date to Djedkare's reign, dealing with administrative or private matters.{{sfn|Thompson|1999|p=977}}

===Historical sources===
Djedkare is attested in four ancient Egyptian king lists, all dating to the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]].{{sfn|Baker|2008|p=84}} The earliest of these is the [[Karnak king list]], dating to the reign of [[Thutmose III]] (1479–1425 BC), where Djedkare is mentioned on the fifth entry. Djedkare's [[Prenomen (Ancient Egypt)|prenomen]] occupies the 32nd entry of the [[Abydos King List]], which was written during the reign of [[Seti I]] (1290–1279 BC). Djedkare is also present on the [[Saqqara Tablet]] (31st entry){{sfn|Mariette|1864|p=15}} where he is listed under the name "Maatkare", probably because of a scribal error.{{sfn|Baker|2008|p=85}} Djedkare's prenomen is given as "Djed" on the [[Turin King List|Turin canon]] (third column, 24th row),{{sfn|Baker|2008|p=84}} probably because of a lacuna affecting the original document from which the canon was copied during the reign of [[Ramses II]] (1279–1213 BC).{{sfn|Baker|2008|p=85}} The Turin canon credits Djedkare with 28 years of reign.{{sfn|Altenmüller|2001|p=600}}{{sfn|Baker|2008|p=85}}{{sfn|Gardiner|1959|loc=pl. II & Col. III num. 24}}

In addition to these sources, Djedkare is mentioned on the [[Prisse Papyrus]] dating to the [[Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt|12th Dynasty]] ({{circa|1990}}–1800 BC).{{sfn|Stevenson Smith|1971|p=159}} The papyrus records ''[[The Maxims of Ptahhotep]]'' and gives Djedkare's [[Nomen (Ancient Egypt)|nomen]] "Isesi" to name the king whom the purported authors of the maxims, [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|vizier]] [[Ptahhotep]], served.{{sfn|Horne|1917|pp=62–78}}
Djedkare was also probably mentioned in the ''[[Manetho#Aegyptiaca|Aegyptiaca]]'', a history of Egypt written in the 3rd century BC during the reign of [[Ptolemy II]] (283–246 BC) by the Egyptian priest [[Manetho]]. No copies of the ''Aegyptiaca'' have survived to this day and it is known to us only through later writings by [[Sextus Julius Africanus]] and [[Eusebius]]. Africanus relates that a king Tancheres ([[Ancient Greek]] Τανχέρης) reigned for 44 years as the eighth and penultimate king of the Fifth Dynasty.{{sfn|Waddell|1971|p=51}} Given its position within the dynasty, Tancheres is believed to be his [[Hellenization|Hellenized]] name.{{sfn|Baker|2008|p=84}}