Khety I was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Upper Sycamore") through the 10th dynasty (c. 21st century BCE, during the First Intermediate Period). Alike many other topical governors, he as well was a priest of the native deity Wepwawet. It is generally took that Khety I was the earliest of a trio of connected nomarchs datable to the Herakleopolite period; he was belike was by his son Tefibi and then by his grandson Khety II.
He was member of a long note of nomarchs in Assiut with strong ties of commitment and friendship towards the Herakleopolite dynasty: as a kid he was raised along with the herakleopolite royal princes and their father the pharaoh appointed Khety as nomarch and also joined the mourning for the death of Khety's grandpa.
Khety subject his nomos during a pacific period, and is known that he ordered the realisation of many new irrigation canals and required the upkeep of the existing ones, thus expanding the productive land. During a period of famine got by a especially small of the Nile flood, he contributed grain to the people of his district, although he denied the grain to the denizens of the neighboring nomoi, also affected by famine, by closing the surrounds of his district. Although he found during passive times, Khety boasted his power as a warrior and ordered the system of a provincial defence militia. Afterwards his death Khety was entombed in Asyut (tomb V) and his titles passed to his son Tefibi, who is likely to have lived during the prevail of Wahkare Khety and Merykare.
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He was member of a long note of nomarchs in Assiut with strong ties of commitment and friendship towards the Herakleopolite dynasty: as a kid he was raised along with the herakleopolite royal princes and their father the pharaoh appointed Khety as nomarch and also joined the mourning for the death of Khety's grandpa.
Khety subject his nomos during a pacific period, and is known that he ordered the realisation of many new irrigation canals and required the upkeep of the existing ones, thus expanding the productive land. During a period of famine got by a especially small of the Nile flood, he contributed grain to the people of his district, although he denied the grain to the denizens of the neighboring nomoi, also affected by famine, by closing the surrounds of his district. Although he found during passive times, Khety boasted his power as a warrior and ordered the system of a provincial defence militia. Afterwards his death Khety was entombed in Asyut (tomb V) and his titles passed to his son Tefibi, who is likely to have lived during the prevail of Wahkare Khety and Merykare.
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