the turin canon, a king list written during the nineteenth dynasty in the early ramesside era (1292—1189 bc), credits him with a reign of twelve years five months and twelve days. in contrast, the near contemporary royal annal of the fifth dynasty known as the palermo stone records his second, third, fifth and sixth years on the throne as well as his final 13th or 14th year of reign and even records the day of his death as the 28th of shemu i, which corresponds to the end of the ninth month. taken together these pieces of informations indicate that the royal annal of the fifth dynasty recorded a reign of 13 years 5 months and 12 days for sahure, only one year more than given by the turin canon and close to the 13 years figure given in manetho's "aegyptiaca".