Monuments Intef II

the dogs of intef ii on funerary stele, egyptian museum, cairo.

on funerary stele intef emphasizes monument building activities. significant earliest surviving fragment of royal construction @ karnak octagonal column bearing intef ii s name. intef ii first ruler build chapels satet , khnum on island of elephantine. in fact, intef ii started tradition of royal building activities in provincial temples of upper egypt last throughout middle kingdom.

tomb

intef s tomb in el-tarif @ thebes saff tomb. saff stands row in arabic , refers double row of columns , entry ways fronting large 250 70 metres (820 ft × 230 ft) trapezoidal courtyard @ eastern end of mortuary chapel. chapel may have been intended serve same purpose valley temple.

intef ii s tomb investigated royal commission during reign of ramses ix, toward end of 20th dynasty, many royal tombs being plundered @ time. reported on abbott papyrus, commission noted that: pyramid-tomb of king si-rêˁ in-ˁo (i.e. intef ii) north of house of amenḥotpe of forecourt , pyramid crushed down upon [. . .]. examined day; found intact. no remains of pyramid have been found yet.

following tradition of nomarch ancestors, intef ii erected biographical stele in entrance of tomb relates events of reign , credits him 50 years of reign. stela mentioning king s dogs said set before tomb. stela mentioning dog named beha discovered, found near offering chapel.