Sharek
Shalek
Detail of the genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet (Berlin 23673); Sharek's name is visible in the middle, enclosed in acartouche
Pharaoh
Predecessor	unknown
Successor	unknown
Royal titulary Nomen Sharek Š-r-k
Dynasty	uncertain

Sharek orShalek could have been a poorly knownancient Egyptianpharaoh during theSecond Intermediate Period of Egypt.

He is only attested on a non-contemporary document, agenealogy of a priest named Ankhefensekhmet who lived at the end of the22nd Dynasty – thus several centuries after Sharek's supposed reign; perhaps for this reason, DanishEgyptologistKim Ryholt doubts his existence.^[1] On the document, Sharek is placed one generation before the well-knownHyksos pharaohApepi of the15th Dynasty.^[2] The genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet is now exhibited at theNeues Museum in Berlin (inv. no. 23673).

BothNicolas Grimal andWilliam C. Hayes have proposed that Sharek should be identified with a king namedSalitis, given as the founder of the Hyksos 15th Dynasty inManetho'sAegyptiaca, a history of Egypt written in the 2nd century BC.^[2][3] They further propose that Sharek/Salitis is the same person asSheshi, a ruler during Egypt's Second Intermediate Period mentioned on nearly 400 scarab seals.

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