Sheshi
Egyptian pharaoh of the 14th dynasty · Politicians
Maaibre Sheshi was a ruler of areas of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. The dynasty, chronological position, duration and extent of his reign are uncertain and subject to ongoing debate.
Sheshi is read about 31 times a day, in 23 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Sheshi
Family
SheshiPartners
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong. A marriage is drawn as ended only where its end is recorded, so a spouse drawn here may be a former one.
Correct this familyMedia & music
![Provenance of some of the scarabs of Maaibre Sheshi[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sheshi_scarabs_locations.png/1280px-Sheshi_scarabs_locations.png)
![Seal reading "the Son of Ra, Sheshi, living for ever", Walters Art Museum[40]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Egyptian_-_Scarab_of_Sheshi_-_Walters_4215_-_Bottom_%282%29.jpg/500px-Egyptian_-_Scarab_of_Sheshi_-_Walters_4215_-_Bottom_%282%29.jpg)
![Seal reading "the son of Ra, Sheshi, living forever", Walters Art Museum.[65]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Egyptian_-_Scarab_with_the_Cartouche_of_Sheshi_-_Walters_4226_-_Bottom_%282%29.jpg/500px-Egyptian_-_Scarab_with_the_Cartouche_of_Sheshi_-_Walters_4226_-_Bottom_%282%29.jpg)
![Scarab of Sheshi reading "The good god Maaibre, given life".[80]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Scarab_Sheshi_EA42477_Hall.jpg)
About this person
The difficulty of identification is mirrored by problems in determining events from the end of the Middle Kingdom to the arrival of the Hyksos in Egypt. Nonetheless, Sheshi is, in terms of the number of artifacts attributed to him, the best-attested king of the period spanning the end of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate period; roughly from c. 1800 BC until 1550 BC. Hundreds of scaraboid seals bearing his name have been found throughout the Levant, Egypt, Nubia, and as far away as Carthage, where some were still in use 1,500 years after his death.
