Teti

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Teti was the founding pharaoh of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, known for initiating a period of centralized power and extensive pyramid-building at Saqqara.

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Label Occurrences
Teti canonical 16
Pharaoh Teti 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Egypt
Sixth Dynasty pharaoh
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
associatedDeity Osiris
Ra
attestedIn royal inscriptions
tomb biographies of officials
burialMonument Pyramid of Teti
burialPlace Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
burialStructureType pyramid complex
capital Memphis
child Nebkauhor
Pepi I Meryre
Seshseshet
cultCenter Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
deathPlace Egypt
dynasty Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
era Old Kingdom of Egypt
fatherInLaw Unas
governmentType centralized monarchy
hasPyramidTexts yes
knownFor centralizing royal power
founding the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
pyramid-building at Saqqara
monumentsAt Memphis
surface form: Memphis region

Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
nomen Teti self-link
period early 23rd century BCE
late 24th century BCE
praenomen Seheteptawy
predecessor Unas
pyramidComplexType step pyramid complex
pyramidLocation Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
pyramidTextsLocation Pyramid of Unas
surface form: Pyramid of Teti burial chamber
regionRuled Nile Valley
surface form: Nile Valley in Egypt
reignEnd c. 2333 BCE
reignStart c. 2345 BCE
religion ancient Egyptian religion
spouse Iput I
Khuit
successor Pepi I Meryre
Userkare
successorContested Userkare
throneName Seheteptawy
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Lord of the Two Lands
Son of Ra

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pepi I Meryre father Teti
Pyramid of Teti builtFor Teti
this entity surface form: Pharaoh Teti
Pyramid of Teti owner Teti
Userkare predecessor Teti
Unas successor Teti
Teti nomen Teti self-link
Iput I spouse Teti
Iput I relative Teti
House of Teti founder Teti