sahure's legacy had endured sufficiently by the middle kingdom period that he is mentioned in a story of the westcar papyrus, probably written during the 12th dynasty although the earliest extent copy dates to the seventeenth dynasty. the papyrus tells the mythical story of the origins of the fifth dynasty, presenting kings userkaf, sahure and neferirkare kakai as three brothers, sons of ra and a woman named rededjet destined to supplant khufu's line.