Teti

For the Italian city, see Teti, Italy.

Tete
Preceded by: Unas	Pharaoh of Egypt 6th Dynasty	Succeeded by: Userkare
A sistrum inscribed with the name of the pharaoh Teti, on display at the Metropolitan Museum.
Reign	2345 – 2333 BC
Nomen	G39-N5<-t:t-i-> Teti
Horus name	G5 s-Htp:t*p-tA:tA Hr Sehetep Tawy Horus, who satisfies (pacifies?) the two lands
Nebty name	G16 s-Htp:t*p Sehetep Nebty Who satisfies the two ladies
Golden Horus	G8 F36 Hr nebu sema The golden Horus who unites
Burial	Pyramid of Teti

Teti was the first Pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. He is also known (much less commonly) as Othoes. He reigned from around 2345 to 2333 BC and is buried at Saqqara, however the exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List and is arguable. Queen Iput, his wife, was probably the daughter of King Unas, the last king of the Fifth dynasty.

During Teti\'s reign high officials were beginning to build funerary monuments that rivaled that of the Pharaoh. For example, his chancellor built a large mastaba consisting of 32 rooms, all richly carved. This is considered a sign that wealth was being transferred from the central court to the officials, a slow process that culminate in the end to the Old Kingdom.

Pyramid texts from Teti I\'s pyramid at Saqqara

He may have been murdered by the usurper Userkare; Manetho states that he was murdered by his palace bodyguards in a harem plot. He was buried in the royal necropolis at Saqqara. His pyramid complex is associated with the mastabas of officials from his reign. According to Anthony Spalinger, Teti\'s Highest date is his Year of the 6th Count 3rd Month of Summer day lost (Year 11 if biennial) from Hatnub Graffito No.1. This information is confirmed by the South Saqqara Stone Annal document from Pepi II\'s reign which gives him a reign of 12 Years.

References

• Anthony Spalinger, Dated Texts of the Old Kingdom, SAK 21, (1994), p.303
• Naguib Kanawati, Conspiracies in the Egyptian Palace: Unis to Pepy I, Routledge (2002), ISBN 0-415-27107-X.

External links

• The South Saqqara Stone: Sixth Dynasty Annals

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