Téti

Téti is the first king and the founder of the Egyptian woman. Manéthon calls it Orthoès and counts thirty years of reign to him. The Papyrus of Turin has a gap on its name.

One locates his reign at the neighborhoods of -2323/-2321 with -2291 (Allen).
Autres opinion of specialists: -2374 with -2354 (Redford), -2345 with -2323 (Shaw), -2322 with -2312 (Von Beckerath), -2318 with -2300 (Franke), -2311 with -2281 (Malek).

Genealogy

He is the son-in-law of Ounas of and succeeds to him on the throne. The capital is with Memphis. It maintains during its reign of the commercial relations with Byblos.

It builds its pyramid (52 m) in the North-East of the complex of Djéser to Saqqarah with two smaller pyramids for the queens Ipout {{Ire}} and Khouit (or Kaouit). He marries also Ouretimès. He has several children: Pépi {{Ier}}, Seshseshat {{II}} (Ouatet-Khétor), which marries Mérérouka, the vizier and chief of the priests of the pyramid of Téti, and Ânkhesenpépi (or Ânkhsenmeryrê) which marries his/her half-brother Pépi {{Ier}}.

He dies assassinated, perhaps with the profit of the usurper Ouserkarê.

Titulature

Reign

Complex funerary

Near its complex funerary is the Mastaba S of the royal court whose reliefs count among the chiefs of work of art of the Ancient Empire.

Source

Peter A. Clayton, Chronic of the Pharaons ,
Audran Labrousse, pyramids of the queens , 1999,

Reference

Dating, genealogy and titulature

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