Meni
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&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:BCM_H487_Stela_of_Meni.jpg) One of the 5 stelae depicting Meni. This one is kept in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. | ||||
| Burial place | Egypt | |||
| Years active | c. 2283 BC | |||
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| Men-ankh-Pepy in hieroglyphs | ||||||||||||
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| Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC) | ||||||||||||
Meni, Meny or Menankhpepy (also mentioned as Prince Mena in older sources; (fl. c. 2283 BC[1]) was an ancient Egyptian high official who lived during the reigns of Pepy I and Merenre Nemtyemsaf I,[1] in the late Sixth Dynasty.[2] Most of what is known about his life comes from his mastaba burial tomb in the Dendera Necropolis, a few hundred metres south of the Temple to Hathor.[3] This tomb was explored during 1897 and 1898 by a team led by the British archaeologist Flinders Petrie.[4]
Meni's full name was Men-ankh-Pepy (mn-ꜥnḫ-ppy),[1] which can be translated as "Pepy's life is enduring" and makes reference to that king. However, in most inscriptions his name is rendered just as Meni (mnj), which was his nickname or good name.[5][6]
- ^ a b c Stele of Meny.
- ^ Gilbert 2004, p. 78.
- ^ Petrie 1900, p. 5.
- ^ Petrie 1900, p. 5 ff.
- ^ Porter & Moss 1937, p. 110.
- ^ EA1262.