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Merenre I

Merenre I was an Egyptian king of the Sixth Dynasty in the late third millennium BCE

Egyptian-alabaster vase shaped as a mother monkey holding her young, inscribed with King Merenre I’s name. The Met dates it to about 2255–2246 BCE; object 30.8.134. The royal inscription appears on the shoulder
Egyptian-alabaster vase shaped as a mother monkey holding her young, inscribed with King Merenre I’s name. The Met dates it to about 2255–2246 BCE; object 30.8.134. The royal inscription appears on the shoulderThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · 30.8.134 · Public Domain / Open Access CC0 · Public domainLicense · Related reference · Object record

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Merenre I was an Egyptian king of the Sixth Dynasty in the late third millennium BCE. [1]

The Metropolitan Museum dates a vessel inscribed with his name about 2255–2246 BCE. His name also identifies a Pyramid Texts witness in the creation study; a copy attests a text’s existence rather than its first composition.

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  1. Metropolitan Museum of Art, identity and context: Merenre I. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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