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Intefiqer

Intefiqer was an ancient Egyptian high official with the titles overseer of the city and Vizier under king Amenemhet I and his son Senusret I, during the early 12th Dynasty.

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Inteqifer
Vizier of Egypt
Overseer of the city
Egyptian name
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PredecessorIpi
SuccessorSenusret
Dynasty12th Dynasty
PharaohAmenemhat I, Senusret I
BurialMastaba at el-Lisht
MotherSenet

Intefiqer (also Antefoker of Intefoker;23 ỉnỉ-ỉt.f ỉqr) was an ancient Egyptian high official with the titles overseer of the city and Vizier under king Amenemhet I and his son Senusret I, during the early 12th Dynasty.

Attestations

In Lower Nubia, Intefiqer (PD 1464) is known from several rock inscriptions, showing that he was part of a military mission into this region. He appears in an inscription found at the Red Sea coast and in the so-called Reisner Papyrus. Two rock inscriptions in Lower Nubia mention him. They seem to indicate that he was involved in a military campaign into this region.5 The inscriptions are not dated, but other inscriptions in the region seem to indicate a military campaign in year 29 of Amenemhet I, which corresponds to the 9th year of Senusret I.

At Wadi el-Hudi, Intefiqer is known from a stela dated to a year 20, reporting the bringing of amethyst.6

At Thebes, the Tomb of Senet (TT60), that of his mother Senet is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in the Theban Necropolis, opposite Luxor.78

Burial

At Lisht, Intefiqer was buried in a mastaba next to the Pyramid of Amenemhet I.9

References

References

  1. Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. p.34
  2. Rice, Michael (2003). "Antefoker". Who's Who in Ancient Egypt. Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-203-44328-6.
  3. Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. p.34
  4. Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom [1]
  5. Z.Zaba: The Rock Inscriptions of Lower Nubia, Prague 1974, p. 39 (no. 10), 99, (no. 73)
  6. Ashraf I. Sadek: The Amethyst Mining Inscriptions I, Text, Warminster 1980, p. 22-24 (no. 8)
  7. Baikie, James (1932). Egyptian Antiquities in the Nile Valley. Methuen. pp. 575.
  8. [2]https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/nobles/antefoqer/e_antefoqer_01.htm
  9. D. Arnold: Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht, New York 2008, S. 69-71, pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133 ISBN 978-1-58839-194-0
Bibliography

Bibliography

  • Norman de Garis Davies: The tomb of Antefoker, vizier of Sesostris I, and of his wife, Senet (no. 60), London 1920
  • Wolfram Grajetzki: Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, London 2009 p. 27-30 ISBN 978-0-7156-3745-6
  • William Kelly Simpson: Rulers and Administrators - Dynasty 12, The Rule of the House of Itj-towy with Some Personal Reminiscenes, In: D. P. Silverman, W. K. Simpson, J. Wegner (Hrsg.): Archaism and Innovation: Studies in the Culture of Middle Kingdom Egypt, New Haven, Philadelphia 2009 S. 269-97 ISBN 978-0-9802065-1-7