Kheti or Khety was an Ancient Egyptian name, borne by pharaohs and other nobility. The name may refer to:

Pharaohs of the 9th or 10th Dynasty

* Meryibre Khety, a pharaoh of the First Intermediate Period *

Nebkaure Khety Nebkaure Khety was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 9th or 10th Dynasty, during the First Intermediate Period. Reign Practically nothing is known about the events of Nebkaure's reign; due to the contrasting opinions of scholars, even its d ...

, a pharaoh of the First Intermediate Period * Wahkare Khety, a pharaoh of the First Intermediate Period * Khety III, purported author of the ''

Teaching for King Merykara The ''Teaching for King Merykara'', alt. ''Instruction Addressed to King Merikare'', is a literary composition in Middle Egyptian, the classical phase of the Egyptian language, probably of Middle Kingdom date (2025–1700 BC). In this ''sebayt' ...

,'' a treatise on kingship

Nobles

Khety I (nomarch) Khety I was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th '' nomos'' of Upper Egypt (''"the Upper Sycamore"'') during the 10th dynasty (c. 21st century BCE, during the First Intermediate Period). Like many other local governors, he also was a priest of ...

, in Asyut during the 9th or 10th Dynasty *

Khety II (nomarch) Khety II was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th '' nomos'' of Upper Egypt (''"the Upper Sycamore"'') during the reign of pharaoh Merykare of the 10th Dynasty (c. 21st century BCE, during the First Intermediate Period). William C. Hayes, in ' ...

, in Asyut during the 10th Dynasty and grandson of Khety I * Khety (BH17), nomarch in Men'at Khufu during the 11th Dynasty, buried in Beni Hasan * Kheti (treasurer), during the 11th Dynasty * Kheti,

vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...

famous for his impartiality, mentioned in the ''Installation of the Vizier'' and possibly to be identified with the one below * Kheti (vizier), 1800 BC, under Amenemhat III of the Twelfth Dynasty, mentioned in a papyrus found at

Lahun El Lahun ( ar, اللاهون ''El Lāhūn,'' alt. Illahun, Lahun, or Kahun (the latter being a neologism coined by archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie) is a workmen's village in Faiyum, Egypt. El Lahun is associated with the Pyramid o ...

* Kheti, or Dua-Kheti, author of ''

The Satire of the Trades ''The Satire of the Trades'', also called ''The Instruction of Dua-Kheti'', is a didactic work of ancient Egyptian literature. It takes the form of an instruction, composed by a scribe from Sile named Dua-Kheti for his son Pepi. The author is th ...

Pharaohs of the 9th or 10th Dynasty

Nobles

See also