Ruler
Intef II (Wahankh)
Theban king of the Eleventh Dynasty
c. 2112 – 2063 BCE
Approximate regnal dates after Shaw (2000).
Biography
He expanded Theban rule in the south during a long reign. The stela of his official Tjetji describes his realm as stretching from Elephantine in the south to Thinis in the north.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Tjetji’s stela describes Intef II’s realm as running from Elephantine to Thinis.
- The British Museum, London “Stela of Tjetji, EA 614”
- Miriam Lichtheim (1973) “Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms” University of California Press, Berkeley