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Mereruka
Sign in to saveMereruka served during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt as one of Egypt's most powerful officials at a time when the influence of local state noblemen was increasing in wealth and power. Mereruka held numerous titles along with that of Vizier, which made him the most powerful person in Egypt after the king himself. Among the other official positions that Mereruka held were "Director of all the king's works," "Governor of the palace," "Chief lector-priest," "Overseer of the royal record scribes," and "Inspector of the priests attached to the pyramid of Teti." He was married to Seshseshet Waatetkhetho
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Key facts
- Egyptian dignitary.Name
- Mereruka
- Egyptian dignitary.Image
- Mereruka False Door.jpg
- Egyptian dignitary.Caption
- Mereruka's false door bears an intact statue of Mereruka
- Egyptian dignitary.Style
- Vizier of Egypt
- Egyptian dignitary.Pharaoh
- Teti
- Egyptian dignitary.Burial
- Saqqara, Egypt
- Egyptian dignitary.Wife
- Seshseshet Waatetkhethor
- Egyptian dignitary.Mother
- Nedjetempet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- architect
- Family
- Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- Image
- Mereruka False Door.jpg
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- Mereruka
- date of birth
- 2400-01-01
- time period
- Ancient Egypt
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Mereruka served during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt as one of Egypt's most powerful officials at a time when the influence of local state noblemen was increasing in wealth and power. Mereruka held numerous titles along with that of Vizier, which made him the most powerful person in Egypt after the king himself. Among the other official positions that Mereruka held were "Director of all the king's works," "Governor of the palace," "Chief lector-priest," "Overseer of the royal record scribes," and "Inspector of the priests attached to the pyramid of Teti." He was married to Seshseshet Waatetkhethor, daughter of King Teti. His mother was named Nedjetempet and he possibly had a brother named Ihy, though this may be the same individual as Ihyemsaf, his grandson.
==Tomb== thumb|left|A vivid relief of fishermen collecting their catch at Mereruka's tomb thumb|left|An adult hippopotamus is depicted attacking and killing a crocodile in Mereruka's tomb thumb|upright|right|A floor plan of the mastaba shows the complexity of the building thumbnail|left|Lantern Slide Collection: Views, Objects: Egypt. Tomb of Mera, Sakkara. Dy. 6., n.d. Brooklyn Museum Archives
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