Editing Userkaf (section)

====Middle Kingdom====
The long-term importance of Userkaf's official cult may be judged by its abandonment at the end of the Fifth Dynasty.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=76}} In comparison, the official funerary cult of at least one of Userkaf's successors, Nyuserre Ini, may have lasted until the Middle Kingdom period.{{sfn|Morales|2006|p=336}}{{sfn|Bareš|2000|p=5}} The mortuary temple of Userkaf must have been in ruins or dismantled by the time of the Twelfth Dynasty as indicated, for example, by a block showing the king performing a ritual found re-used as a construction material in the [[Pyramid of Amenemhet I|pyramid of Amenemhat I]].{{sfn|Strudwick|2005|p=83}} Userkaf was not the only king whose mortuary temple met this fate: Nyuserre's temple was targeted even though its last priests were serving in it around this time. These facts hint at a lapse of royal interest in the state-sponsored funerary cults of Old Kingdom rulers.{{sfn|Malek|2000b|p=257}}