By Dave Robbins
Pictured is the rishi coffin of the Dynasty 17 king, Sekhemre Wepmaat Intef A’a. It was found in the 19th Century presumably at Dra’ Abu el-Naga. Of about nine Dynasty 17 kings, he would have been possibly the fourth and ruled in Thebes during the time in which the Hyksos controlled the Delta region.
Intef A’a is thought to have ruled for perhaps only two years when his brother, Nubkheperre Intef, succeeded him. The coffin actually establishes this fact in an inscription found on it. Thus, Intef A’a would have ruled about a dozen or so years before Ahmose the Elder (mostly known as Senakhtenre Tao) and his queen, Tetisheri.
Intef Aa’s brother, Nubkheperre Intef, had a very short reign as well with only three or so years on the throne. He was succeeded by Sekhemre Heruhermaat Intef whose own rishi coffin is immediately adjacent to Intef Aa’s in the Louvre’s Crypt of Osiris.
Photo is by me in Autumn 2019.
LA CIVILTA' EGIZIA 