Pepi I Meryre

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Pepi I Meryre was a prominent Sixth Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt’s Old Kingdom, known for extensive building projects, administrative reforms, and the expansion of Egyptian influence through trade and military campaigns.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pepi I Meryre canonical 24
Men-nefer-Pepi 1
Pepi 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Kingdom ruler
Sixth Dynasty pharaoh
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
attestedIn Pyramid Texts
royal tombs at Abydos
surface form: inscriptions at Abydos

inscriptions at Dendera
inscriptions at Elephantine
royal decrees
burialPlace Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
capital Memphis
child Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
surface form: Merenre I Nemtyemsaf I

Pepi II Neferkare
commissioned Saqqara necropolis
surface form: pyramid complex at Saqqara

temple constructions
conductedTradeWith Byblos
Nubia
Punt
dynasty Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
father Teti
foreignRelations Byblos
Nubia
Punt
Western Desert
surface form: Western Desert oases
implemented administrative centralization
knownFor administrative reforms
expansion of Egyptian influence
extensive building projects
military campaigns
trade expeditions
launchedMilitaryCampaignsIn Nubia
Levant region
surface form: southern Levant
mother Iput I
nameVariant Pepi I Meryre self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pepi I

Pepi I Meryre self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pepy I
period Old Kingdom of Egypt
praenomen Meryre
predecessor Teti
promoted provincial officials
pyramidLocation Saqqara necropolis
surface form: South Saqqara
pyramidName Pepi I Meryre self-linksurface differs
surface form: Men-nefer-Pepi
pyramidTextInscriptions yes
reignApproximate c. 2332–2283 BCE
religion Ancient Egyptian religion
surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
royalHouse House of Teti
spouse Ankhesenpepi I
Ankhesenpepi II
Inenek-Inti
Nubwenet
successor Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
surface form: Merenre I Nemtyemsaf I

Referenced by (28)

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

Old Kingdom of Egypt notableRuler Pepi I Meryre
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt hasMonarch Pepi I Meryre
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt notableRuler Pepi I Meryre
Pepi II Neferkare father Pepi I Meryre
Pepi I Meryre nameVariant Pepi I Meryre self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pepi I
Pepi I Meryre nameVariant Pepi I Meryre self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pepy I
Pepi I Meryre pyramidName Pepi I Meryre self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Men-nefer-Pepi
Pyramid of Pepi I builtFor Pepi I Meryre
Pyramid of Pepi I pharaoh Pepi I Meryre
Pyramid of Pepi I dedicatedTo Pepi I Meryre
Men-nefer linkedToRuler Pepi I Meryre
Userkare successor Pepi I Meryre
Weni the Elder servedUnder Pepi I Meryre
Weni the Elder promotedUnder Pepi I Meryre
Harkhuf servedUnder Pepi I Meryre
House of Pepi hasMember Pepi I Meryre
House of Pepi ruledBy Pepi I Meryre
Teti successor Pepi I Meryre
Teti child Pepi I Meryre
Merenre Nemtyemsaf I predecessor Pepi I Meryre
Merenre Nemtyemsaf I father Pepi I Meryre
Meryre usedBy Pepi I Meryre
Meryre throneNameOf Pepi I Meryre
Meryre personalName Pepi I Meryre
subject surface form: Pepi I Meryre
this entity surface form: Pepi
Iput I motherOf Pepi I Meryre
Iput I relative Pepi I Meryre
Inenek-Inti spouse Pepi I Meryre
House of Teti hasMonarch Pepi I Meryre