Pepy I Meryre (jan 2, 2238 BC – jan 1, 2195 BC)
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EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY THROUGH ASTRONOMICALLY DATED SYNCHRONISMS by Gerard Gertoux
Pepy I Meryre (6:3). The number of censuses imposes a reign duration greater than or equal to 42 years (= 25.5x1.6 + 1). A synchronism with the viziers of Ebla, whose reigns are anchored on absolute dates, allows us to fix the beginning of the reign of Pepy I in 2238 BCE. Pepy I and Sargon of Akkad were contemporaries because an alabaster vase on behalf of Pepy I was discovered in the palace of Išar-Damu (Biga, Grimal, Durand: 2016, 692-711). The reigns of Sargon of Akkad (2243-2187) and Išar-Damu (2245-2213) are dated in a chronology based on dates determined by astronomy (Gertoux: 2021, 1-71).
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jan 2, 2238 BC
jan 1, 2195 BC
~ 43 years