Kagmeni (also known as Memi) was an official, a judge, and a priest. The apotheosis of Kagemni's career took place under the Sixth Dynasty ruler Teti (2321-2290 BC), when he became vizier and head of all the judges of the country. He was a son-in-law of King Teti through marriage to Nebty-nebu-khet. Kagemni is also famous from a literary view point which is explicit in the famous "Teachings of Kagemni", the celebrated didactic text which dates to the Sixth Dynasty.
Thanks to his new position and his royal connections, Kagemni was able to organize in the necropolis of Saqqara the construction of a mastaba for himself close to the Pyramid of Teti and to the northeast of the Step Pyramid of Djoser (of the Third Dynasty).
Discovered in 1843 by Richard Lepsius, the Mastaba of Kagmeni dates b...
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