↑ Proposed dates for the reign of Sahure: 2506–2492 TCN,[4] 2496–2483 TCN,[5] 2491–2477 TCN,[6] 2487–2475 TCN,[7][8][9][10] 2471–2458 TCN,[11] 2458–2446 TCN,[1][12] 2428–2416 TCN,[13]
↑ In this theory, Khentkawes possibly remarried Userkaf after the death of her first husband[23] and became the mother of Sahure and his successor on the throne Neferirkare Kakai.[7] This theory is based on the fact that Khentkawes is known to have borne the title of mwt nswt bity nswt bity, which could be translated as "mother of two kings". Additionally, a story from the Westcar Papyrus tells of a magician foretelling Khufu of the future demise of his lineage as three brothers will be born of the god Ra and a woman named Rededjet and reign successively as the first three kings of the 5th Dynasty.[24] Some egyptologists have therefore proposed that Khentkawes was the mother of Sahure and the historical figure on which Rededjet is based. Following the discoveries of Verner and El-Awady in Abusir this theory was abandoned and the real role of Khentkawes remains difficult to ascertain. This is in part because the translation of her title is problematic and because the details of the transition from the 4th to the 5th Dynasty are not yet clear. In particular, an ephemeral pharaoh Djedefptah may have ruled between Shepseskaf and Userkaf.[23]
↑ The first pharaoh to have a throne name, called the prenomen, different from his birth name, called the nomen
↑ Proposed dates for the reign of Sahure: 2506–2492 BC,[4] 2496–2483 BC,[5] 2491–2477 BC,[6] 2487–2475 BC,[7][8][9][10] 2471–2458 BC,[11] 2458–2446 BC,[1][12] 2428–2416 BC,[13]
↑ In the context of Egyptology, the term "Asiatics" is used to refer to people from the Levant, including Canaan, modern day Liban and the southern coast of modern day Turkey.
↑ The standard work on Sahure's pyramid complex is Borchardt's excavation report, available online in its entirety.[80]
