King Sheshi Maaibre

Sheshi Maaibre

King of the Second Intermediate Period

Horus name:
Nebty name:
Golden Falcon name:
Prenomen: Maaibre
Nomen: Sheshi

Burial place:Unknown

It is not certain that the prenomen Maaibre belongs to Sheshi: the two names have generally been identified as belonging to one king on the basis of the similarities between Maaibre and Sheshi scarabs, and the numbers of them.

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

Seal from Thebes UC 11682
Other seals in the Petrie Museum: UC 11683, 11684, 11685, 11986, 11687, 11688, 11689, 11690, 11692, 111693, 11694, 11695, 11696,1197, 11698, 11699, 11700, 11701, 11702, 11703, 11704, 11705, 11706, 11825, 16595

UC 11681	scarab UC 11691

Further Attestations:

The king is only known from seals and seal impressions: Ryholt lists over three hundred.

Bibliography:

Ryholt 1997: 252-254, 366-376
von Beckerath 1964: 134-135