Editing Djedkare Isesi (section)

===Building activities===
The main building activity undertaken during the reign of Djedkare was the construction of his pyramid complex in Saqqara. Djedkare also either completed or undertook restoration works in the funerary complex of Nyuserre Ini in Abusir, as indicated by a now damaged inscription,{{sfn|Strudwick|2005|p=94}} which must have detailed Djedkare's activities on the site.{{efn|group=note|The block inscribed with the text relating Djedkare's works in the temple of Nyuserre reads "Horus Djedkhau, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Two Ladies Djedkhau, the Golden Horus Djed, Djedkare. For the king of Upper and Lower Egypt [Nyuse]rre he set up a monument&nbsp;...".{{sfn|Strudwick|2005|p=94}} It is now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, catalog No. 17933.{{sfn|Borchardt|1907|pp=157–158|loc=fig. 131}}}}{{sfn|Morales|2006|p=317}} Further building works took place in Abusir during the second half of Djedkare's reign following the curious{{sfn|Verner|Zemina|1994|p=86}} decision by members of the royal family to be buried there rather than next to Djedkare's pyramid in Saqqara. A group of mastabas was thus constructed for princess Kekheretnebti and her daughter Tisethor, princess Hedjetnebu, the courtiers Mernefu and Idu, who was buried with his wife Khenit, and prince Neserkauhor.{{sfn|Verner|Callender|Strouhal|2002|p=105}}{{sfn|Verner|Zemina|1994|p=86}}

Djedkare also undertook building activities in relation with his "sed" festival as indicated by a decree that he sent to his vizier Senedjemib Inti on the year of the 16th cattle count,{{sfn|Eichler|1991|p=146}} praising him for his work.{{sfn|Brovarski|2001|p=97|loc=see also footnote e, p. 99}} The decree mentions the construction of a broad rectangular court{{sfn|Brovarski|2001|p=98}} or artificial lake{{sfn|Breasted|1962|pp=121–123|loc=texts 268 & 273}}{{sfn|Roccati|1982|loc=text 93}} for the jubilee of the king, some 1,000 [[Cubit#Ancient Egyptian royal cubit|cubits]] long and 400 cubits wide,{{sfn|Brovarski|2001|p=97|loc=see also footnote e, p. 99}} amounting to c. {{convert|525|x|231|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Brovarski|2001|p=98|loc=footnote b}}{{sfn|Trigger|2003|p=134}} The court was located within the precincts of a palace built for the ceremonies of the "sed" festival, which was probably located in the vicinity of his pyramid.{{efn|group=note|The name of the palace mentioned in the decree has been the subject of varying translations owing to the damaged state of the inscription. For Brovarski and Sethe the palace is simply called the "jubilee palace" in the decree,{{sfn|Brovarski|2001|p=99|loc=Footnote e}} while others such as Breasted,{{sfn|Breasted|1962|loc=text 273}} Roccati,{{sfn|Roccati|1982|p=126}} and Trigger{{sfn|Trigger|2003|p=134}} have read the palace name as "lotus-blossom of Isesi" or "lotus of Isesi" (Ancient Egyptian ''Nehbet''). Wente reads the "jubilee palace of Lotus-of-Izezi".{{sfn|Wente|1990|p=18}}}}{{sfn|Trigger|2003|p=134}} Another decree addressed to Senedjemib Inti and later inscribed on the walls of his mastaba records the decoration of a chapel of [[Hathor]] in the palace of the king. This chapel was most likely built during his reign.{{sfn|Brovarski|2001|p=92|loc=see also footnote d}}

Djedkare may have left some of his monuments unfinished at his death, as suggested by several relief-bearing blocks inscribed with his name and which were found reused in the pyramid of king Unas. Their original setting remains unknown.{{sfn|Labrousse|Lauer|Leclant|1977|pp=125–128}} A reused granite block with the king's name was also found at the pyramid of [[Amenemhat I]] at [[Lisht]].{{sfn|Jánosi|2016|pp=18-19 pls. 8b-d, 9}}