Intef I

Intef I
Antef, Inyotef, Anjotef, Anyotef, Enyotef
Serekh of Intef I reading "Horus Sehertawy", inscribed posthumously for him by Mentuhotep II in the Temple of Montu at Tod, now in the Egyptian Museum.
Serekh of Intef I reading "Horus Sehertawy", inscribed posthumously for him by Mentuhotep II in the Temple of Montu at Tod, now in the Egyptian Museum.
Pharaoh
Reign4 to 16 years, 2134—2118 BC,[1] c. 2120 BC or c. 2070 BC[2]
PredecessorMentuhotep I
SuccessorIntef II
Royal titulary
Horus name
Sehertawy
Shr-tȝ.wy
Maker of peace in the two lands[3]
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D21		 Y1N16
N16
Nomen
Sa-Re Intef
Sȝ-rˁ-in-it.f
Son of Ra, Intef (litt. His father brought him)[3]
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Fatheruncertain, most probably Mentuhotep I[4]
MotherNeferu I
BurialSaff tomb at El-Tarif known as "Saff el-Dawba"[4]
Dynasty11th Dynasty

Sehertawy Intef I was a local nomarch at Thebes during the early First Intermediate Period and the first member of the 11th Dynasty to lay claim to a Horus name. Intef reigned from 4 to 16 years c. 2120 BC or c. 2070 BC[2] during which time he probably waged war with his northern neighbor, the Coptite nomarch Tjauti. Intef was buried in a saff tomb at El-Tarif, known today as Saff el-Dawaba.[4]

  1. ^ Redford, Donald B., ed. (2001). "Egyptian King List". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2. Oxford University Press. pp. 626–628. ISBN 978-0-19-510234-5.
  2. ^ a b Thomas Schneider: Ancient Egyptian Chronology - Edited by Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, And David a. Warburton, available online, see p. 491
  3. ^ a b Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p72. 2006. ISBN 0-500-28628-0
  4. ^ a b c Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, Stacey International, ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, 2008, pp. 143-144