page_title: Sheshi
section_title: Dating
hierarchical_section_title: Sheshi / Dating
caption_attribution_description: English: Glazed steatite scarab (type D2) bearing the cartouche of the hyksos ruler Maaibre (Sheshi): - M3ˁ-jb-Rˁ Possibly from Nile Delta, Second intermediate period. London, British Museum EA 42477.
context_page_description: 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. 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 Canaan, Egypt, Nubia, and as far away as Carthage, where some were still in use 1,500 years after his death.
  Three competing hypotheses have been put forth for the dynasty to which Sheshi belonged. Egyptologists such as Nicolas Grimal, William C. Hayes, and Donald B. Redford believe he should be identified with Salitis, founder of the 15th Dynasty according to historical sources and king of the Hyksos during their invasion of Egypt. Salitis is credited with 19 years of reign and would have lived sometime between c. 1720 BC and 1650 BC.
caption: Scarab of Sheshi reading "The good god Maaibre, given life".[80]
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