Anchenespepi I.

Anchenespepi in hieroglyphics
Anchenespepi (Anch en es Pepi) ˁnḫ n = s Ppj Pepi lives for her
Anchenesmerire (Anch en es Meri-Re) ˁnḫ n = s Mrj-Rˁ (.w) Merire lives for her

Anchenespepi I , also called Anchenesmerire I , was a queen of the ancient Egyptian 6th dynasty .

family

Anchenespepi did not come from the royal family. Her parents, about whom almost nothing is known, were called Chui and Nebet. She was with Pharaoh Pepi I married, as well as her eponymous sister Anchenespepi II. Her brother Zau held under Pepi I the post of vizier . A son is known from her marriage to this king: the later pharaoh Merenre. After the death of Pepis I, Merenre came to the throne for a few years. He married his now widowed aunt Anchenespepi II.

tomb

The grave of Anchenespepi I has not yet been discovered. Finds of relief fragments bearing her name, however, lead to the conclusion that it could be in the royal necropolis south of the Pepi I pyramid . So far , French archaeologists have uncovered eight queen pyramids there.

→ See also: The queen pyramids

Further evidence

In addition to the area around her pyramid , Anchenespepi is also mentioned on some finds from Abydos , including a door post that also bears her brother's name. Her name is also mentioned on an alabaster vase that is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the location of which is unknown.

literature

• Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , pp. 426–428 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
• Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3 , pp. 70-78.

Web links

• The Pepis I family ( Memento from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• The queen pyramids of the pyramid Pepis I. ( Memento from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )