Preceded by: Userkare	Pharaoh of Egypt 6th Dynasty	Succeeded by: Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
Pepi I Meryre
Pepy, Phiops or Fiops
Profile of a a lifesize copper statue of Pepi I, residing in the Cairo Museum.
Reign	c.2332 BC to c.2283 BC
Praenomen	Meryre
Nomen	[1] Pepi
Horus name	Merytawy
Died	2283 BC
Burial	Pyramid in South Saqqara

Pepi I Meryre (reigned 2332 – 2283 BC) was the third king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. His first throne name was Neferdjahor which the king later altered to Meryre meaning "beloved of Re."^[2] Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Userkare (The Soul of Ra is Strong) was the second king of the Sixth Dynasty and an usurper to the throne. ... Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... The Sixth Dynasty of Egypt is considered by many authorities as the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, although The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (ed. ... Merenre Nemtyemsaf I (2283 - 2278 BC) was the fourth king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. ... Image File history File links PepiI-CopperStatue-Cropped. ... Image File history File links PepiI-CopperStatue-Cropped. ... Main entrance of the Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... (25th century BC - 24th century BC - 23rd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) // Events 2900–2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. ... (24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2334 - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkads conquest of Mesopotamia. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. ... Image File history File links Srxtail2. ... (24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2334 - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkads conquest of Mesopotamia. ... Saqqara (Arabic: سقارة) is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, featuring the worlds oldest standing step pyramid. ... (25th century BC - 24th century BC - 23rd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) // Events 2900–2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. ... (24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2334 - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkads conquest of Mesopotamia. ... The Sixth Dynasty of Egypt is considered by many authorities as the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, although The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (ed. ... RE may mean: Aer Arann: IATA airline designator RE (complexity), the set of recursively enumerable languages Relative effectiveness factor, (R.E. factor) a measurement of an explosives power Real Estate Recursively Enumerable set The complexity class of all recursively enumerable languages Regular expression, in computer science, a string that...

Pepi was the son of Teti and needed the support of powerful individuals in Upper Egypt in order to put down an usurper named Userkare who had murdered his father and win back his rightful throne. These individuals would remain a strong presence in his court thereafter, and two of his queens were daughters of his Upper Egyptian vizier. Pepi I's reign was marked by aggressive expansion into Nubia, the spread of trade to far-flung areas such as Lebanon and the Somalian coast, but also the growing power of the nobility. One of the king's officials named Weni fought in Asia on his behalf. His mortuary complex, Mennefer Pepy, eventually became the name for the entire city of Memphis after the 18th Dynasty.^[3]. Teti was the first Pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. ... Map of Upper and Lower Egypt Ancient Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, known as Upper and Lower Egypt. ... Look up Usurper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages) is an oriental, originally Persian, term for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or Minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. ... Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ... Somalia or Somolia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال, As-Sumal), formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a coastal nation in East Africa. ... Memphis, coordiates , , was the ancient capital of the first nome of Lower Egypt, and of the Old Kingdom of Egypt from its foundation until around 1300 BC. Its Ancient Egyptian name was Ineb Hedj (The White Walls). The name Memphis is the Greek deformation of the Egyptian name of Pepi...

Reign Length

An analysis of the damaged Dynasty 6 South Saqqara Stone Annal document gives him a reign of c.48-49 Years but this is not confirmed by the Turin King List which apparently assigns him 44 Years, according to the Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt's analysis of this document.^[4] The latter figure may be closer to the truth since it would imply that Pepi I's cattle count dating system was not always biennial. That this is the case is suggested by a famous Year after the 18th Count, 3rd Month of Shemu day 27 inscription from Wadi Hammamat No.74-75 which mentions the "first occurrence of the Heb Sed" in that year for Pepi.^[5] (this would be Year 36 if the Biannial dating system was used) This information is significant because the Heb Sed Feast was always celebrated in a king's Year 30; if Pepi I was following a biennial counting system, the inscription should have been dated to the Year after the 15th Count instead. The South Saqqara Stone is an important archaeological artefact from Egypt. ... The Turin King List also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is a unique papyrus, written in hieratic, currently in the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) at Turin, to which it owes its modern name. ... Kim S B Ryholt is a Danish Egyptologist, who works at the Carsten Niebuhr Institute (Publications) of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Copenhagen. ...

Pepi I's highest dated document is the Year of the 25th Count, 1st Month of Akhet day [lost] from Hatnub Inscription No.3.^[6] The South Saqqara Stone also confirms that Pepi I's last year was his Year of the 25th Count.

Monuments

Two copper statues of Pepi I and his son Merenre were found at Hierakonpolis; they depict the two royals symbolically "trampling underfoot theNine Boww," a stylized representation of Egypt's conquered foreign subjects.^[7] Pepi I was a prolific builder who ordered extensive construction projects in Upper Egypt at Dender, Abydos, Elephantine and Hierakonpolis. One of his most important court officials was Weni who had a great canal at the First Cataract for the king. Weni was also put in charge of the highly sensitive task of putting on trial a certain Queen Weret-yamtes, a wife of Pepi I, who had conspired to murder the king.^[8] Weni was a court official of the 6th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. ...

References

External links

• The South Saqqara Stone: Sixth Dynasty Annals
• Pepi I: Second king of the Sixth Dynasty