Tetiankhkem ( 2350 BC - 2335 BC

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. ''Silent Images: Women in Pharanoic Egypt''.) was an

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who lived at the beginning of the

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. His name means "Tetiankh the Black" or "Black Teti lives" and is connected to the word Kemet, which is an

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. He was a son of

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Teti Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources (died 2333 BC), was the first pharaoh, king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroye ...

and his wife, Queen

Khuit Khuit II () was a wife of King Teti, the first pharaoh, king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Biography Khuit may have been the first prominent royal wife from the reign of Teti. If so, her position would later be taken over by Iput. Khuit may h ...

and thus a half-brother of

Pepi I Meryre Pepi I Meryre (also Pepy I; died 2283 BC) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, king, third king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for over 40 years from the 24th to the 23rd century BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Ki ...

. He was named after his father. This man was likely a

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for some time, just like his half-brother Nebkauhor, son of

Iput Iput I ( 2375 BC - 2325 BC) was a queen of ancient Egypt, a daughter of Pharaoh, King Unas, the last king of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She married Teti, the first King of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Their son was Pepi I Meryre, Pepi I.Dodson, ...

. Tetiankhkem died when he was around 15 years old and was buried in a

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located on the east side of Iput's funerary complex.Amarna and the 6th Dynasty
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Titles

*"Eldest king’s son"

References

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