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Djeseretnebti (or Djeseret-Ankh-Nebti) is possibly the name of an Ancient Egyptian queen. Since this name appears without any queen's title, Egyptologists dispute the True meaning and Reading of this name.

The name djeseret-nebti or djeseret-ankh-nebti appears on ivory cloth labels, found in the underground galleries beneath the pyramid of the 3rd dynasty King (pharaoh) Sekhemkhet at Saqqara. It is written with the common nebti-crest, but not withany personal title that could identify whether the person was a member of Egyptian royalty or that it was even a name. Egyptologists like Toby Wilkinson and Zakaria Goneim Read the inscription as Djeser-Ti and identify it with the cartouche-nameof the pharaoh Djeser Teti of the Abydos King List.

Wolfgang Helck, Peter Kaplony and Jean-Pierre Pätznik instead Read the name as djeseret-ankh-nebti (‘the noble one who lives for the two ladies’) and see it as the name of a wife of King Sekhemkhet. They point to several clay seals found atElephantine, which show Sekhemkhet's horus name alternating with the nebty name Hetep-Ren and postulate that this could be the original birth name of King Sekhemkhet.

Sekhemkhet was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Third dynasty. According to the Manethonian tradition, a king known as Tyris (which may be compared to the Turin Canon's "Djoser-ti") reigned for a relatively brief period of seven years, and modernscholars believe Djoserty and Sekhemkhet are the same person. While the Turin Canon gives Sekhemkhet a reign of 6 years. Toby Wilkinson's reconstruction of the Dynasty 5 Palermo Stone Annal document assigns a reign of 7 years to this king basedon the number of year registers preserved for him in Cairo Fragment One, register V. Wilkinson states that "this figure is fairly certain, since the king's titulary begins immediately after the dividing line Marking the change of reign." Hence,the Manethonian tradition appears to be correct. His reign is thought to have been from about 2648 BC until 2640 BC. Sekhemkhet's name means "Powerful in Body."

Sekhemkhet's wife may have been Djeseretnebti, but this name appears without any queen´s title, and Egyptologists dispute the True meaning and Reading of this name. The name has alternatively been Read as Djeser-Ti and identified with thecartouche-name of the pharaoh Djeser-Teti of the Abydos King List

While there was a known successor to Djoser, Sekhemkhet's name was unknown until 1951, when the leveled foundation and vestiges of an unfinished Step Pyramid were discovered at Saqqara by Zakaria Goneim. Only the lowest step of the pyramid hadbeen constructed at the time of his death. Jar seals found on the site were found inscribed with this king's name. From its design and an inscription from his pyramid at Saqqara, it is thought that Djoser's famous architect Imhotep had a hand inthe design of this pyramid. Imhotep's name appears in a graffito on the enclosure wall surrounding Sekhemkhet's unfinished step-pyramid which suggests that this official outlived Djoser and went on to serve under king Sekhemkhet. Archaeologistsbelieve that Sekhemket's pyramid would have been larger than Djoser's had it been completed. Today the site, which lies southwest of Djoser's complex, is mostly concealed beneath sand dunes and is known as the Buried Pyramid.

A shell shaped container made of gold was found in Sekhemkhet's unfinished pyramid by an Egyptian Antiquities Service excavation team in 1950. The object has a length of 5.3 centimetres and is currently located in Room 4 of the Cairo Museum.

Djeseretnebti (or Djeseret-Ankh-Nebti) is possibly the name of an Ancient Egyptian queen. Since this name appears without any queen's title, Egyptologists dispute the True meaning and Reading of this name.

The name djeseret-nebti or djeseret-ankh-nebti appears on ivory cloth labels, found in the underground galleries beneath the pyramid of the 3rd dynasty king (pharaoh) Sekhemkhet at Saqqara. It is written with the common nebti-crest, but not withany personal title that could identify whether the person was a member of Egyptian royalty or that it was even a name. Egyptologists like Toby Wilkinson and Zakaria Goneim Read the inscription as Djeser-Ti and identify it with the cartouche-nameof the pharaoh Djeser Teti of the Abydos King List.

Wolfgang Helck, Peter Kaplony and Jean-Pierre Pätznik instead Read the name as djeseret-ankh-nebti (‘the noble one who lives for the two ladies’) and see it as the name of a wife of king Sekhemkhet. They point to several clay seals found atElephantine, which show Sekhemkhet's horus name alternating with the nebty name Hetep-Ren and postulate that this could be the original birth name of king Sekhemkhet.