Sahure

E52420

ancient Egyptian pharaoh human

Sahure was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty, best known for his pyramid complex at Abusir and for overseeing a period of prosperous trade and artistic development in the Old Kingdom.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian pharaoh → human →
artStyle	highly refined Old Kingdom relief style →
associatedDeity	Ra →
attestedBy	Palermo Stone → reliefs in his mortuary temple at Abusir → royal annals of the Fifth Dynasty →
burialPlace	Pyramid of Sahure at Abusir →
capital	Memphis (ancient Egypt) →
causewayDecoratedWith	reliefs of naval and trade expeditions →
child	Neferirkare Kakai (probable) → Netjerirenre (probable) →
commissioned	sun temple at Abusir (disputed/uncertain) →
country	Ancient Egypt →
cultCenter	Abusir →
era	early Fifth Dynasty of Egypt →
father	Userkaf →
hasPyramidComplexAt	Abusir →
knownFor	administrative reforms → artistic development in the Old Kingdom → high-quality relief decoration → naval expeditions → prosperous trade expeditions → pyramid complex at Abusir →
launchedExpeditionTo	Byblos → Nubia → Punt → Sinai →
legacy	model for later Fifth Dynasty pyramid complexes →
memberOfDynasty	Fifth Dynasty of Egypt →
militaryCampaignsIn	Libya →
mortuaryTempleLocation	east side of his pyramid at Abusir →
nomen	Sahure →
notableWork	Pyramid complex of Sahure →
positionHeld	Pharaoh of Egypt →
praenomen	Sahure →
praenomenMeaning	He who is close to Re →
predecessor	Userkaf →
pyramidLocation	Abusir necropolis →
pyramidName	The Rising of the Ba of Sahure (approximate translation) →
reignEndApprox	25th century BCE →
reignInPeriod	Old Kingdom of Egypt →
reignStartApprox	25th century BCE →
religion	ancient Egyptian religion →
spouse	Meretnebty (probable) →
successor	Neferirkare Kakai →
tradeWith	Byblos → Nubia → Punt →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Userkaf →	child
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt →	hasPharaoh
Sahure →	nomen
Old Kingdom of Egypt →	notableRuler
Sahure →	praenomen
Userkaf →	successor