Intef I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reign | 4 to 16 years, 2134—2118 BC,[1] c. 2120 BC or c. 2070 BC[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Mentuhotep I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Intef II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Father | uncertain, most probably Mentuhotep I[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mother | Neferu I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burial | Saff tomb at El-Tarif known as "Saff el-Dawba"[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | 11th Dynasty |
Sehertawy Intef I was a local nomarch at Thebes during the early First Intermediate Period and later an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. He was 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]