Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef

Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef-Aa
Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef-Aa
Intef V
	Sarcophagus of Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef, Louvre Museum
Pharaoh
Reign	c.1573?–1571 BC
Predecessor	Sobekemsaf II?
Successor	Nubkheperre Intef
Horus name
Horus name
	Wep-maat ; Wp-m3ˁt; He who judges righteously
Praenomen
	Sekhemre-Wepmaat; Sḫm-Rˁ-wp-m3ˁt; Mighty like Re, he who judges righteously
Nomen
	Intef Aa; Jnj jt=f ˁ3; His father brought him, the great
	;
Father	Sobekemsaf II
Burial	Pyramid at Dra' Abu el-Naga'
Dynasty	17th Dynasty of Egypt

Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef-Aa (sometimes Intef V) was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty of Egypt, who lived late during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was divided in two by Hyksos-controlled Lower Egypt and Theban-ruled Upper Egypt.

Biography

Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef is sometimes referred to as Intef V,^[2]^[3] and sometimes as Intef VI.^[4] His nomen, Intef-Aa, translates as "His father brought him, the great" or "Intef, the great."^[5] His name may also render as Inyotef-aa.

He ruled from Thebes and was probably buried in a tomb in the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

Family

It is assumed that Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef-aa and Nubkheperre Intef were brothers, due to the inscription of Nubkheperre on the coffin of Intef-aa. Furthermore, it is assumed that Nubkheperre, and also Intef-aa, were sons of a king called Sobekemsaf, based on an inscription from a doorjamb from a 17th Dynasty temple at Gebel Antef.^[1]^: 270 Two kings named Sobekemsaf are known, Sobekemsaf I and Sobekemsaf II, and it is believed that the doorjamb refers to Sekhemre Shedtawy Sobekemsaf (Sobekemsaf II).

Attestations

A few attestations are known, see list Ryholt 1997:393 File 17/3.

BM EA 478 | At Dra Abu el-Naga, a pyramidion.
Louvre E 3019 | At Dra Abu el-Naga, a sarcophagus.
Louvre E 2538 (N 491) | At Dra Abu el-Naga, a canopic chest.
Berlin 6/62 | Unknown provenance, an adze-blade.

Non-contemporary attestations

BM EA 10221 "Pap. Abbott" | At Karnak, a document about inspections of pyramid-tombs.

Burial

It is believed he was buried in a pyramid tomb in the 17th Dynasty royal necropolis at Dra' Abu el-Naga' and that his tomb was only found and looted in the late 19th century.^[6]^[7]

Pyramid

Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef's pyramidion was found at Dra Abu el-Naga inscribed with the king's name and had a slope of 60 degrees.^[2] The pyramidion is now in the British Museum (BM EA 478).^[8] The pyramid tomb of his brother Nubkheperre Intef was found in 2001.^[9] During excavations of Nubkheperre Intef's pyramid tomb in 2003, a fragment belonging to Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef's pyramidion was found alongside fragments of Nubkheperre Intef's own pyramidion. This suggests that the lost pyramid tomb of Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef is located somewhere in the vicinity of the pyramid of his brother Nubkheperre Intef in Dra' Abu el-Naga'.^[10]

Coffin and burial equipment

The coffin of Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef-aa (Louvre E 3019) was a rishi coffin discovered in the 19th century by inhabitants of Kurna. The coffin preserved an inscription which reveals that this king's brother Nubkheperre Intef buried – and thus succeeded – him.^[1]^: 270 Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef-aa's canopic chest was also found. The Priesse Papyrus was found inside the rishi coffin.^[11]^: 67

Pyramidion of Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef, British Museum
Canopic chest of Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef, Musée du Louvre.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ryholt, Kim: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, CNI Publications, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, (1997). p. 204. ISBN 8772894210. LCCN 98-198517. OL 474149M.
^ ^a ^b Lehner, Mark. The Complete Pyramids. Thames & Hudson. [1997] (2008) (reprint). ISBN 978-0-500-28547-3.
^ Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. (2004). ISBN 0-500-05128-3.
^ Bennett, Chris: A Genealogical Chronology of the Seventeenth Dynasty, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 39 (2002), pp. 123–155. JSTOR 40001152. (Bennett quotes Jürgen von Beckerath as also referring to this king as Intef VI.)
^ Intef Wepmaat Titulary Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ Polz, Daniel. "New archaeological data from Dra' Abu el-Naga and their historical implications". Marcel Marée (ed.), The Second Intermediate Period (Thirteenth to Seventeenth Dynasties). Current Research, Future Prospects, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 192, Leuven 2010, pp. 343-353.
^ Rummel, Ute; Beckh, Thomas; Polz, Daniel; Eichner, Ina (January 2014). "Topographical Archaeology in Dra' Abu el-Naga: Three Thousand Years of Cultural History".
^ Dodson, Aidan. The Tomb in Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson. (2008). p. 208. ISBN 9780500051399.
^ Schneider, Thomas: "The Relative Chronology of the Middle Kingdom and the Hyksos Period (Dyns. 12-17)" in Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill, (2006). p. 187.
^ Polz, Daniel (2010). "New Archaeological Data From Dra Abu El-Naga and Their Historical Implications" (PDF). The Second Intermediate Period. pp. 343–353.
^ Hayes, William C. (1973). "Egypt: from the death of Ammenemes III to Seqenenre II". In Edwards, I.E.S.; Gadd, C.J.; Hammond, N.G.L.; Sollberger, E. (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. II, part 1. Cambridge University Press. pp. 42–76. ISBN 0-521-082307.