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Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, was the first Pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt and is buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List, but is believed to have been about 12 years. ==Biography== Teti had several wives: *Iput, the daughter of Unas, the last king of the Fifth dynasty. Iput was the mother of Pepi I. *Khuit, who may have been the mother of Userkare (according to Jonosi and Callender)〔Miroslav Verner, The Pyramids,1994〕 *Khentkaus IV〔 * ? This queen is mentioned in the autobiography of Wenis. It may be a reference to the title of the queen instead of her personal name. She was involved in a harem plot to overthrow Pepi, but apparently was caught before she succeeded. In the tomb of the official Wenis there is mention of “a secret charge in the royal harem against the Great of Sceptre”. Teti is known to have had several children. He was the father of at least three sons and probably ten daughters.〔N. Kanawati, ''Mereruka and King Teti''. The Power behind the Throne, 2007.〕 Of the sons, two are well attested, a third one is likely: * Pepi I * Tetiankhkem〔N. Kanawati, Conspiracies in the Egyption Palace. Unis to Pepy I. 2003, p. 139〕 * Nebkauhor, with the beautiful name of Idu, "king’s eldest son of his body", buried in the mastaba of Vizier Akhethetep/Hemi, buried in a fallen Vizier’s tomb, within the funerary complex of his maternal grandfather〔N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 14 et 50〕 According to N. Kanawati, Teti had at least 9 daughters, by a number of wives, and the fact that they were named after his mother, Sesheshet, allows to trace his family. At least three princesses bearing the name Seshseshet are designated as "king’s eldest daughter", meaning that there were at least three different queens. It seems that there was a tenth one, born of a fourth queen as she is also designated as "king’s eldest daughter". * Seshseshet, whose beautiful name was Waatetkhéthor, married to Vizier Mereruka, in whose mastaba she has a chapel. She is designated as "king’s eldest daughter of his body". She may have been the eldest daughter of Iput.〔N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 14, 20 et 50〕 * Seshseshet with the beautiful name of Idut, "king’s daughter of his body", who died very young at the beginning of her father’s reign and was buried in the mastaba of Vizier Ihy.〔 * Seshseshet Nubkhetnebty, "king’s daughter of his body", wife of Vizier Kagemni, represented in her husband’s mastaba. She was maybe also born of Iput.〔N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 20, 32 et 50〕 * Seshseshet, also called Sathor, married to Isi, resident governor at Edfu and also totled vizier. She also would have been born of Iput I.〔N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 21-22 et 50〕 * Seshseshet, with the beautiful name of Sheshit, king’s eldest daughter of his body and wife of the overseer of the great court Neferseshemptah, and is depicted in her husband’s mastaba. As she is an eldest daughter of the king, she cannot be born of the same mother as Waatkhetethor and therefore may have been a daughter of Queen Khuit.〔N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 20, 32 et 35〕 * Seshseshet also called Sheshti, "king’s daughter of his body", married to the keeper of the head ornaments Shepsipuptah, and depicted in her husband’s mastaba.〔N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 20, 32 et 36〕 * Seshseshet with the beautiful name of Merout, entitled "king’s eldest daughter" but without the addition "of his body" and therefore born of a third, maybe a minor queen, and married to Ptahemhat.〔N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 20-21〕 * Seshseshet, wife of Remni, "sole companion" and overseer of the department of the palace guards〔N. Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara, Volume 9: The Tomb of Remni, 2009〕 * Seshseshet, married to Pepyankh Senior of Meir〔Ali El-Khouli & Naguib Kanawati, Quseir El-Amarna: The Tombs of Pepy-ankh and Khewen-Wekh, 1989〕 *The so-called "Queen of the West Pyramid" in King Pepy I cemetery. She is called "king’s eldest daughter of his body" and king's wife of Meryre (the name of Pepy I). Therefore she is a wife of Pepi and most certainly his half-sister.〔C. Berger, A la quête de nouvelles versions des textes des pyramides, in Hommages à Jean Leclant, 1994, p 73-74〕 As she is also an eldest daughter of the king, her mother must be a fourth queen of Teti. Another possible daughter is princess Inti.〔Dodson and Hilton, ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt'', 2004〕 During Teti's reign, high officials were beginning to build funerary monuments that rivaled that of the Pharaoh. His vizier, Mereruka, built a mastaba tomb at Saqqara which consisted of 33 richly carved rooms, the biggest known tomb for an Egyptian nobleman.〔Christine Hobson, ''Exploring the World of the Pharaohs'', Thames & Hudson Ltd., 1997. p.85〕 This is considered to be a sign that Egypt's wealth was being transferred from the central court to the officials, a slow process that culminated in the end to the Old Kingdom. Manetho states that Teti was murdered by his palace bodyguards in a harem plot, but he may have been assassinated by the usurper Userkare. He was buried in the royal necropolis at Saqqara. His pyramid complex is associated with the mastabas of officials from his reign. Teti's Highest date is his Year after the 6th Count 3rd Month of Summer day lost (Year 12 if the count was biannual) from Hatnub Graffito No.1.〔Anthony Spalinger, "Dated Texts of the Old Kingdom," ''SAK'' 21, (1994), p.303〕 This information is confirmed by the South Saqqara Stone Annal document from Pepi II's reign which gives him a reign of around 12 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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