Teti I

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Teti
Rule2323 - 2291 BC.
PredecessorFather in law Unas
MotherKhentkawes I
Nomen (meaning of name)Beloved of Ptah
Dynasty6th
ConsortsIput - the daughter of Unas
Khuit
Capital cityMemphis
AchievementsPyramid construction
BurialPyramid complex in saqqara
Succesorusurper Userkare

  • The first Pharaoh of the 6th dynasty.
  • During his reign Nobles built funerary monuments that rivaled that of the Pharaoh. Wealth was transferred from the central court to the nobility, a process that culminated in the end to the Old Kingdom.
  • His Vizier Mereruka, married Teti's daughter, and built a large Mastaba consisting of 32 rooms
  • He exempted the temple at Abydos from taxes, and he was the first ruler to be particularly associated with the cult of Hathor at Dendera.
  • He was murdered by his palace bodyguards in a harem plot, and succeded by Userkare
  • Teti was responsible for the construction an Old Kingdom Pyramid at saqqara
  • Pyramid Texts were inscribed of the walls of his pyramid
  • Inside the burial chamber was found an undecorated sarcophagus containing the arm and shoulder of a mummy, presumably his.

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