INTEF II

(reigned c. 2112–2063 BC)

Successor to Intef Iof Dynasty 11. Horusname Wahankh. Son of the lady Nefruand possibly Mentuhotep I, so likely the brother of his predecessor. He consolidated Theban control of UpperEgypt, capturing Thinis. He was buried in a rock-cut tomb on the west bank at Thebes where a funerary stela mentioning his pet dogs was set up. The stela is mentioned in a tomb robbery papyrusof Dynasty 20, and part of it was recovered by Auguste Mariette in excavations in 1860.