Reign Intef I
court of saff tomb of intef i, @ saff el-dawaba
sehertawy intef first member of dynasty assume pharaonic title horus name of sehertawy variously rendered maker of peace in 2 lands , has brought calm 2 lands , pacifier of 2 lands . intef s parents may possibly have been mentuhotep , neferu i.
by taking horus name both crowns, intef declared himself ruler of egypt. however, authority contested other nomarchs of egypt, chief among them being 10th dynasty rulers @ herakleopolis magna laid claim title of pharaoh , powerful ally ankhtifi, nomarch of hierakonpolis, , faithful follower of herakleopolitan dynasty. on accession theban throne, intef ruled theban (fourth) nome, conjectured after defeating ankhtifi or 1 of successors, intef acquired 3 nomes south of thebes, down elephantine, , north territories south of border coptite nome. alternatively, may have been achieved intef s predecessor mentuhotep i. both hypotheses remain conjectural given paucity of historical records on period.
intef got rapidly embroiled in war northern neighbors. graffito discovered theban desert road survey in gebel tjauti northwest of thebes reports presence there of assault troops of son of ra, intef . has been posited inscription refers intef soldiers fighting coptite nomarch tjauti. in support of hypothesis nearby worn out stele erected tjauti reporting construction of road allow people cross desert ruler of nome had sealed off [when came in order to] fight nome... . although not named explicitly, darell baker , other egyptologists contend ruler must either intef or successor intef ii. in case, subsequent defeat of tjauti put koptos, dendera , 3 nomes of hierakonpolis under theban control, expanding theban kingdom 250 km northward border near abydos.
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