 Three or four rock inscriptions dating to Djedkare 's reign have been found in the Wadi Maghareh in Sinai , where mines of copper and semi @-@ precious stones were exploited throughout the Old Kingdom , from the Fourth until the Sixth Dynasty . These inscriptions record three expeditions sent to look for turquoise : the earliest one , dated to the third or fourth cattle count – possibly corresponding to the sixth or eighth year of Dejdkare 's reign – explicitly recalls the arrival of the mining party to the " hills of the turquoise " after being given " divine authority for the finding of semi @-@ precious stones in the writing of the god himself , [ as was enacted ] in the broad court of the temple Nekhenre " . This sentence could indicate the earliest known record of an oracular divination undertaken in order to ensure the success of the expedition prior to its departure , Nekhenre being the sun temple of Userkaf . Another inscription dating to the year of the ninth cattle count – possibly Djedkare 's 18th year on the throne – shows the king " subduing all foreign lands . Smiting the chief of the foreign land " . The expedition that left this inscription comprised over 1400 men and administration officials . Some Egyptologists have proposed that these men were also sent to mine copper . 
 Three or four rock inscriptions dating to Djedkare <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>reign <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> been found in the Wadi Maghareh in Sinai , where mines of copper and semi @-@ precious stones <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> exploited throughout the Old Kingdom , from the Fourth until the Sixth Dynasty . These inscriptions record three expeditions sent to look for turquoise : the earliest one , dated to the third or fourth cattle count – possibly corresponding to the sixth or eighth year of Dejdkare <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>reign – explicitly <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>recalls</mark></a> the arrival of the mining party to the " hills of the turquoise " after being given " divine authority for the finding of semi @-@ precious stones in the writing of the god himself , [ as was enacted ] in the broad court of the temple Nekhenre " . This sentence could indicate the earliest known record of an oracular divination undertaken in order to ensure the success of the expedition prior to its departure , Nekhenre being the sun temple of Userkaf . Another inscription dating to the year of the ninth cattle count – possibly Djedkare <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>18th year on the throne – <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>shows</mark></a> the king " subduing all foreign lands . Smiting the chief of the foreign land " . The expedition <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>that</mark></a>left this inscription comprised over 1400 men and administration officials . Some Egyptologists <a href='been_done' title='9'><mark>have</mark></a> proposed that these men <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>were</mark></a> also sent to mine copper . 
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