Talk:Shepseskaf
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editthis pic is for menkaura not shepseskaf .... and it is also exist in menkaura page ....plz remove it ... even though the magazine put it under the name of shepseskaf but logically it belongs to menkaura -- Ahmodye (talk) 16:50, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Not sure, I read that it might just as well be Shepseskaf. Iry-Hor (talk) 16:43, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
2+1 or 3+3+1 pyramids?
editI have the impression that somebody forgot that the Pyramids of the dynasty were 3 for Sneferu alone, and 1 for each of his successors before Shepseskaf broke with the tradition of building pyramids.
There is a reference that Shepseskafs' ancestors only built 2+1 pyramids. This is certainly incorrect. Sikader (talk) 09:06, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
- Where exactly? Please give the number of the references, I gonna check this ASAP. Regards;--Nephiliskos (talk) 09:15, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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Note on Shepseskaf mastaba architecture / shape
editI just got the brainwave that the reconstruction of Shepseskaf's unique mastaba architecture very much resembles the shape of the sarcophagus hieroglyph in the ancient name for the mastaba 'The purified pyramid', and there might actually be a real logic behind that name: a much simpler, back to basic (coffin) shape compared to the pyramid's of the direct predecessors. Yet, perhaps also given by the notion that Shepseskaf may not have been from royal origin, and with this funerary project expresses a more humble approach comparing himself to his royal predecessors.
Form and spelling of his name in Ancient Egyptian?
editWe see only the conventional Egyptological pronunciation here. I would have expected at least the proper Egyptian transliteration and probably a rendering of the original hieroglyphs, if not the (reconstructed) true transcription - especially in a featured article. 87.126.21.225 (talk) 18:24, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- The hieroglyphic names are listed in the infobox at the upper right corner of the page. There's a heading within the box that says "Royal titulary", with a button next to it that says "show". Click it and you'll see three of Shepseskaf's names listed. It's kind of incomplete, but one of my sources may have a fuller titulary; I'll have to check it when I have time later today. A. Parrot (talk) 19:25, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- OK, thanks for the info, but I still think that the original form should be written beside the name in the lede, just as it's done in other wiki articles, not just hidden in the infobox (besides, names aren't just titulary, so it's not where you expect to find them). I mean the nomen, which the form 'Shepseskaf' renders.--87.126.21.225 (talk) 09:45, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
- I now see the standard Wikipedian convention isn't followed in other Egyptological articles such 'Horus' and 'Isis' either, and besides that sometimes only hieroglyphics are used without transliteration. I see no reason for that.--87.126.21.225 (talk) 09:49, 15 July 2023 (UTC)