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,Lehner, Mark. The Complete Pyramids. Thames & Hudson. (2008) (reprint). .Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. (2004). . and sometimes as Intef VI.Bennett, Chris: A Genealogical Chronology of the Seventeenth Dynasty, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 39 (2002), pp. 123–155. . (Bennett quotes Jürgen von Beckerath as also referring to this king as Intef VI.) His nomen, Intef-Aa, translates as "His father brought him, the great" or "Intef, the great." 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. 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).
His mother [...] held the title string King's Mother (mwt-nsw); King's Wife Senior/Great (ḥmt-nsw wrt); ẖnmt nfr ḥḏt (United with the White Crown).London, British Museum BM EA 478 This seems to confirm that Intef-aa was the son of a king and born to the king's primary wife.
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.
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. The pyramidion is now in the British Museum (BM EA 478).Dodson, Aidan. The Tomb in Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson. (2008). p. 208. . The pyramid tomb of his brother Nubkheperre Intef was found in 2001.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. 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'.
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. Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef-aa's canopic chest was also found. The Priesse Papyrus was found inside the rishi coffin.
References
External links Sekhemre Wepmaat's titulary