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Teti
Sign in to saveTeti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources (died 2333 BC), was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List but is believed to have been around 12 years.
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Teti was a male pharaoh and statesperson of Ancient Egypt, specifically during the Old Kingdom’s Sixth Dynasty. Born in 2350 BCE, he held the noble title of pharaoh and was the son of Sesheshet. His reign followed that of Unas, and he was succeeded by Userkare. Teti was married to Khuit II and Iput, and his children included Pepi I Meryre and Userkare. He died in 2300 BCE and was buried in the Pyramid of Teti.
The subject is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Saqqara Tablet. While other individuals share the name Teti, including a female artist from Fortaleza associated with Brazilian Forro music and an author named Vito Teti, this passage refers to the Egyptian ruler.
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Key facts
- Pharaoh.Image
- Statue of Teti Quibell Saqqara 1.jpg
- Pharaoh.ImageSize
- 125
- Pharaoh.Caption
- Statue of King Teti found near his pyramid at Saqqara; held at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo (JE 39103)
- Pharaoh.Name
- Teti
- Pharaoh.HorusHiero
- s-Htp:t*p-tA:tA
- Pharaoh.Horus
- Hr Sehetep TawyHorus, he who satisfies/pacifies the two lands
- Pharaoh.NebtyHiero
- s-Htp:t*p
- Pharaoh.Nebty
- Sehetep NebtyHe who satisfies/pacifies the two ladies
- Pharaoh.GoldenHiero
- F36
- Pharaoh.Golden
- Hr nebu semaThe golden Horus who unites
- Pharaoh.PrenomenHiero
- t:t-i
- Pharaoh.Prenomen
- Teti Of true greatness
- Pharaoh.NomenHiero
- t:t-i
- Pharaoh.Nomen
- Teti Of true greatness
- Pharaoh.Reign
- Around 12 years, c. 2345 - c. 2333 BC
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Unas
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Userkare
- Pharaoh.Spouse
- Iput I, Khuit, Khentkaus IV, and Naert
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Egypt
- Spouse
- Iput
- Child
- Pepi I Meryre
- Mother
- Sesheshet
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Family
- Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- Noble title
- pharaoh
- Image
- Statue of Teti Quibell Saqqara 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Teti
- date of death
- 2300-00-00
- time period
- Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- date of birth
- 2350-00-00
- place of burial
- Pyramid of Teti
- described by source
- Saqqara Tablet
- different from
- Teti
- replaced by
- Userkare
- replaces
- Unas
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Reign
- Length of Reign
- Family
- Children with Iput
- Children with Khuit
- Possible children with Khuit
- Children with unknown spouse(s)
- Death
- Pyramid of Teti
- Third "subsidiary" pyramid to Teti's tomb
- Funerary temple of Queen Neith
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources (died 2333 BC), was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List but is believed to have been around 12 years.
==Reign== thumb|right|200px|Piriform mace head inscribed with the cartouche of Teti, Imhotep Museumthumbnail|right|200px|Lantern Slide Collection: Views, Objects: Egypt. Chapel, Tomb of Nefer-Seshem-Ptah. Sakkara. 6th Dynasty., n.d. Brooklyn Museum Archives. Teti's Horus name Sehoteptawy, "He who pacifies the Two Lands", probably indicates that he must have led military pacification operations near the start of his reign. During Teti's reign, high officials were beginning to build funerary monuments that rivaled those of the pharaoh. His vizier, Mereruka, built a mastaba tomb at Saqqara which consisted of 33 richly carved rooms, the biggest known tomb for an Egyptian nobleman. This is considered to be a sign that Egypt's wealth was being transferred from the central court to the officials, a slow process that culminated in the end to the Old Kingdom.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Teti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.