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- ↑ Stephen Quirkeː Titles and bureaux, London 2004, ISBN 0954721802, p. 91
- ↑ Julien Siesse: La XIIIe dynastie: histoire de la fin du Moyen Empire égyptien. Passé présent. Sorbonne Université, Paris 2019, ISBN 979-10-231-0567-4, pp. 183-193.
- ↑ Quirkeː Titles and bureaux, 91-92
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