Editing Unas (section)

===Death and end of a dynasty===
In his history of Egypt, Manetho states that with the death of Unas the Fifth Dynasty came to an end.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=80}} This may be because Unas died without a male heir,{{sfn|Verner|2001b|p=590}} his probable son Unas-Ankh having predeceased him. This might have caused a succession crisis{{sfn|Verner|2001b|p=590}} hinted at by the personal name chosen by Teti upon his accession to the throne: "Seheteptawy" meaning "He who reconciles/pacifies the two lands".{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=80}}{{sfn|Verner|2001b|p=590}} Teti's claim to the throne could have relied on his marriage to Iput, who may have been a daughter of Unas.{{sfn|Stevenson Smith|1971|p=190}}{{sfn|Malek|2000a|p=103}}{{sfn|Baker|2008|p=461}} This possibility is heavily debated, as the interpretation of Iput's titles that would indicate that she was the daughter of a king is uncertain.{{efn|group=lower-alpha|Iput held the title of ''z3t nswt-bjtj'', which literally means "Daughter of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt". However, this title could equally well be a variant of ''z3t-ntjr'', meaning that she was the mother of a king ([[Pepi I]]){{sfn|Baud|1999|pp=410&ndash;411}}}}{{sfn|Baud|1999|pp=410&ndash;411}} Furthermore, the idea that Teti could legitimate his claim by marrying into the royal family is rejected by many Egyptologists, including Munro, Dobrev, [[Michel Baud|Baud]], Mertz, Pirenne, and Robin, who do not think that the right to the pharaonic throne passed through the female line.{{sfn|Baud|Dobrev|1995|p=58}}

In addition to Manetho's statement, the Turin king list presents a special break point between Unas and his successor Teti.
Although the king list is not organized in dynasties&ndash;which were invented by Manetho&ndash;the Egyptologist Jaromir Malek explains that "the criterion for such divisions in the Turin Canon invariably was the change of location of the capital and royal residence."{{sfn|Malek|2000a|p=103}} Malek thus suggests that the capital of Egypt, then known as Inbu-Hedj,{{efn|group=lower-alpha|Inbu-Hedj means "White Walls".{{sfn|Jeffreys|2001|p=373}}}} was indeed supplanted at the time by settlements located to the South, East of South Saqqara, where Unas' palace may have been located. In the second millennium BC these cities finally merged and gave rise to [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]].{{sfn|Malek|2000a|p=104}}{{efn|group=lower-alpha|From "Mennefer", meaning "Perfect and enduring", the name of the pyramid of [[Pepi I]] next to which Mennefer was located.{{sfn|Jeffreys|2001|p=373}}}}

Whatever the basis for Manetho's choice to end the Fifth Dynasty with Unas, Egyptians living at the time probably perceived no particular change from one dynasty to the next.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=80}} The administration of the state shows no evidence of disturbances, with many officials continuing their careers from Unas' onto Teti's reign.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=80}} These include the viziers [[Mehu]], [[Kagemni]] and Nikau-Isesi and the overseer of the province of [[Edfu]] Isi.{{sfn|Altenmüller|2001|p=602}} Given that the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom might not have conceived of dynasties,{{sfn|Baud|Dobrev|1995|pp=55&ndash;58}} the distinction between the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties might be illusory.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=80}}