Rawer was an ancient Egyptian official of the

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt The Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty VI), along with the Third, Fourth and Fifth Dynasty, constitutes the Old Kingdom of Dynastic Egypt. Pharaohs Known pharaohs of the Sixth Dynasty are listed in the table below. Manetho a ...

. His main title was that of a vizier, making him to one of the highest officials at the royal court. Rawer is so far only known from his rather modest

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found at

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, close to the pyramid of king

Teti Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources, was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List b ...

. Rawer had several titles, including

overseer of Upper Egypt The Overseer of Upper Egypt was an important Ancient Egyptian title during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. The title appears first in the early Fifth Dynasty. The first title holder is the vizier Kay, who possibly lived during the reigns of Ne ...

, but also ''royal sealer'' and ''beloved of god''. His mastaba is only 6.83 m long and 4.30 m wide. It contained one room, the offering chapel, with the entrance on the east side. On the west side of the offering chapel are two false doors. All walls are decorated with scenes showing offering bearers and Rawer. There are no family members shown in the chapel. No king's name appears in the tomb. On stylistic grounds, one might date the mastaba to the reign of

Pepi I Pepi I Meryre (also Pepy I) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, third king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for over 40 years at the turn of the 24th and 23rd centuries BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom period. He was the son of ...

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* *{{cite book, last = Strudwick, first = Nigel, title=The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: The Highest Titles and Their Holders, year=1985, location=London; Boston, series=Studies in Egyptology, publisher=Kegan Paul International, url=http://www.gizapyramids.org/static/pdf%20library/strudwick_admininstration.pdf, isbn=978-0-7103-0107-9 Viziers of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt Overseers of Upper Egypt