Intefiqer (also Antefoker of Intefoker; ''ỉnỉ-ỉt.f ỉqr'') was an

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ian high official with the titles ''overseer of the city'' and

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under king Amenemhet I and his son

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, during the early 12th Dynasty.

Attestations

In Lower Nubia, Intefiqer 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. 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

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. At Thebes, the Tomb of Senet (TT60), that of his mother Senet is located in

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in the

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, opposite

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Burial

At Lisht, Intefiqer was buried in a mastaba next to the pyramid of Amenemhet I.D. Arnold: ''Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht'', New York 2008, S. 69-71, pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133

References

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 * 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 Viziers of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian overseers of the city {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub