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till the middle of the 6th dynasty. The mastabas
of Kaaperu, Nedjtempet (Teti/Pepi I)29 and Iri/
Tetiseneb, Mehi, Hesi (Pepi I) are also located
there.30 The mastabas of: Mereri,31 Khui,32
Tjetetu, Wernu, Desi, Ankh, Semdenet (Pepi
I) were subsequently erected,33 as well as the
mastaba of Geref/Itji (Pepi I)34 and Memi,
Tjetji, Irinakhti, Iris, Seshemnefer, Sankhu-
ptah, Ihiemsaf/Tetiseneb/Meru/5 The mastaba
of Shepesipuptah is dated from the middle of
the 6th dynasty.36 Some of the mastabas men-
tioned above have an interesting feature. The
tomb owners names and representations are,
partly or totally chiselled inside and outside the
tomb. However inside, at least the complete titu-
lary and names remained.37
In N. STRUDWICK’s opinion, many of the
brick mastabas could be dated from the very end
of the 6th dynasty or even the 6th-9th dynasty.
STRUDWICK points out “T”-shaped false
doors, typical offering formula htp dj njswt htp
dj Wsjr and numerous First Intermediate Period
material excavated on that area, all of which were
characteristic for the Pepi II’s reign. He suggests
that the owners of small brick mastabas were
officials of lesser importance, living during the
Pepi II’s reign, for whom there was not enough
space on Pepi II’s necropolis.38 This argument
appears to be confirmed by the excavation of
29 KANAWATI, HASSAN, op. cit., pp. 12-13, 39-40.
30 KANAWATI, Excavations I, op. cit., p. 11.
31 DAVIES dates this mastaba from the Teti/Pepi I’s
reigns (DAVIES, op. cit., p. 1), KANAWATI dated it
from the end of the Pepi II’s reign (N. KANAWATI,
The Egyptian Administration in the Old Kingdom:
Evidence on its Economic Decline, Warminster 1977,
p. 153 [130]), only to change his dating to the Pepi I’s
reign (KANAWATI, Excavations I, op. cit., p. 10).
32 The parents of Meriraankhnes, second wife of Pepi
I, were Khui and Nebet. On this necropolis there are
mastaba of Khui, on the North ofMereri and Wernw
mastabas as well as small brick chapel with the false
door of Nebet/lbi, on the North of Mereri mastaba
(SAAD, op. cit., pp. 454-6; DRIOTON, op. cit., pp.
495-6, 502-4). Nebet, after her daughter’s wedding,
as a first woman in the history of Egypt, was ap-
pointed to the post of vizier and sent to Abydos. It is
supposed, before her nomination took place, Khui
and Nebet had been building their tombs on that
necropolis (KANAWATI, op. cit., p. 12).
stèle àmaison.39 This kind of stela was charac-
teristic of Pepi II pyramid necropolis during the
reign of this king.40 The stele owner would have
had to dig a new shaft and place his stele in the
old mastaba. There was not any space to build
new tombs in the Teti cemetery, planned by Teti
and completed by Pepi I.
On the eastem area of the Teti pyramid, there
is proof of only two 6th dynasty mastabas: vizier
Khentika, the end of Teti’s mle and vizier Raur,
Pepi I’s reign. The traces of other 6th dynasty
burials are noted in the upper temple of the Teti
pyramid.
The end of the 6th dynasty and the begin-
ning of the First Intermediate Period In this
period the tombs of the less important officials,
servants and priests related to Teti’s cult as well
as of the children and successors of the high of-
ficials of the previous period, were built. The
tombs are located mainly to the North of the Teti
pyramid. The streets between mastabas were
built over and the old tombs were reused. In that
period the changes in Mereruka and Kagemni
mastabas most probably took place.41 It appears
that cartouche in the name of Pepiankh, son of
Mereruka and part of the mastaba belonging to
the priest of the Pepi I pyramid, Meriteti, the
other son of Mereruka, were later additions. In
analogous case of Meripepi, son of Kagemni,
33 SPENCER, op. cit., p. 9; DAVIES, op. cit., p. 1;
KANAWATI, op. cit., p. 10.
34 KANAWATI, HASSAN, op. cit., p. 71.
35 KANAWATI, Excavations I, op. cit., pp. 10-11.
36 The other scholars give the similar dating: QUIBELL,
HAYTER, op. cit., p. 23; PMIII, p. 518; BAER, op.
cit., p. 77 [168A].
37 It refers to the mastabas of Seshemnefer, Sankhu-
ptah, Mereri, Semdenet and that of Raur, located
East of the Teti pyramid (KANAWATI, op. cit.,
p.ll).
38 STRUDWICK, loc. cit.
39 KANAWATI, HASSAN, op. cit., pp. 53-5, pl. 56.
40 G. JÉQUIER, La pyramide d’Oudjebten, Le Caire
1928, pp. 26-31; G. JÉQUIER, Tombeaux de
particuliers contemporains de Pepi II, Le Caire 1929,
pp. 112-4; C. ZIEGLER, Catalogue des stèles,
peintures et reliefs égyptiens de I’Ancien Empire et
de la Première Période Intermédiare, Paris 1990, pp.
197-99.
41 KANAWATI, op. cit., p. 8.
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till the middle of the 6th dynasty. The mastabas
of Kaaperu, Nedjtempet (Teti/Pepi I)29 and Iri/
Tetiseneb, Mehi, Hesi (Pepi I) are also located
there.30 The mastabas of: Mereri,31 Khui,32
Tjetetu, Wernu, Desi, Ankh, Semdenet (Pepi
I) were subsequently erected,33 as well as the
mastaba of Geref/Itji (Pepi I)34 and Memi,
Tjetji, Irinakhti, Iris, Seshemnefer, Sankhu-
ptah, Ihiemsaf/Tetiseneb/Meru/5 The mastaba
of Shepesipuptah is dated from the middle of
the 6th dynasty.36 Some of the mastabas men-
tioned above have an interesting feature. The
tomb owners names and representations are,
partly or totally chiselled inside and outside the
tomb. However inside, at least the complete titu-
lary and names remained.37
In N. STRUDWICK’s opinion, many of the
brick mastabas could be dated from the very end
of the 6th dynasty or even the 6th-9th dynasty.
STRUDWICK points out “T”-shaped false
doors, typical offering formula htp dj njswt htp
dj Wsjr and numerous First Intermediate Period
material excavated on that area, all of which were
characteristic for the Pepi II’s reign. He suggests
that the owners of small brick mastabas were
officials of lesser importance, living during the
Pepi II’s reign, for whom there was not enough
space on Pepi II’s necropolis.38 This argument
appears to be confirmed by the excavation of
29 KANAWATI, HASSAN, op. cit., pp. 12-13, 39-40.
30 KANAWATI, Excavations I, op. cit., p. 11.
31 DAVIES dates this mastaba from the Teti/Pepi I’s
reigns (DAVIES, op. cit., p. 1), KANAWATI dated it
from the end of the Pepi II’s reign (N. KANAWATI,
The Egyptian Administration in the Old Kingdom:
Evidence on its Economic Decline, Warminster 1977,
p. 153 [130]), only to change his dating to the Pepi I’s
reign (KANAWATI, Excavations I, op. cit., p. 10).
32 The parents of Meriraankhnes, second wife of Pepi
I, were Khui and Nebet. On this necropolis there are
mastaba of Khui, on the North ofMereri and Wernw
mastabas as well as small brick chapel with the false
door of Nebet/lbi, on the North of Mereri mastaba
(SAAD, op. cit., pp. 454-6; DRIOTON, op. cit., pp.
495-6, 502-4). Nebet, after her daughter’s wedding,
as a first woman in the history of Egypt, was ap-
pointed to the post of vizier and sent to Abydos. It is
supposed, before her nomination took place, Khui
and Nebet had been building their tombs on that
necropolis (KANAWATI, op. cit., p. 12).
stèle àmaison.39 This kind of stela was charac-
teristic of Pepi II pyramid necropolis during the
reign of this king.40 The stele owner would have
had to dig a new shaft and place his stele in the
old mastaba. There was not any space to build
new tombs in the Teti cemetery, planned by Teti
and completed by Pepi I.
On the eastem area of the Teti pyramid, there
is proof of only two 6th dynasty mastabas: vizier
Khentika, the end of Teti’s mle and vizier Raur,
Pepi I’s reign. The traces of other 6th dynasty
burials are noted in the upper temple of the Teti
pyramid.
The end of the 6th dynasty and the begin-
ning of the First Intermediate Period In this
period the tombs of the less important officials,
servants and priests related to Teti’s cult as well
as of the children and successors of the high of-
ficials of the previous period, were built. The
tombs are located mainly to the North of the Teti
pyramid. The streets between mastabas were
built over and the old tombs were reused. In that
period the changes in Mereruka and Kagemni
mastabas most probably took place.41 It appears
that cartouche in the name of Pepiankh, son of
Mereruka and part of the mastaba belonging to
the priest of the Pepi I pyramid, Meriteti, the
other son of Mereruka, were later additions. In
analogous case of Meripepi, son of Kagemni,
33 SPENCER, op. cit., p. 9; DAVIES, op. cit., p. 1;
KANAWATI, op. cit., p. 10.
34 KANAWATI, HASSAN, op. cit., p. 71.
35 KANAWATI, Excavations I, op. cit., pp. 10-11.
36 The other scholars give the similar dating: QUIBELL,
HAYTER, op. cit., p. 23; PMIII, p. 518; BAER, op.
cit., p. 77 [168A].
37 It refers to the mastabas of Seshemnefer, Sankhu-
ptah, Mereri, Semdenet and that of Raur, located
East of the Teti pyramid (KANAWATI, op. cit.,
p.ll).
38 STRUDWICK, loc. cit.
39 KANAWATI, HASSAN, op. cit., pp. 53-5, pl. 56.
40 G. JÉQUIER, La pyramide d’Oudjebten, Le Caire
1928, pp. 26-31; G. JÉQUIER, Tombeaux de
particuliers contemporains de Pepi II, Le Caire 1929,
pp. 112-4; C. ZIEGLER, Catalogue des stèles,
peintures et reliefs égyptiens de I’Ancien Empire et
de la Première Période Intermédiare, Paris 1990, pp.
197-99.
41 KANAWATI, op. cit., p. 8.
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