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{{Short description|Egyptian noble}}
{{Infobox Egyptian dignitary|Name=Inteqifer|Style=''[[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|Vizier]]'' <br>
''Overseer of the city''|image=|Mother=Senet|Burial=Mastaba at [[Lisht|el-Lisht]]|Caption=|Pharaoh=[[Amenemhat I]], [[Senusret I]]|Dynasty=[[Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt|12th Dynasty]]|Successor=[[Senusret (vizier)|Senusret]]|Predecessor=[[Ipi (vizier)|Ipi]]}}{{hiero|Intefiqer<ref>Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. p.34</ref>|<hiero>ini:n-t:f-i-q:r-Y1V</hiero>|align=right|era=mk}}
'''Intefiqer''' (also '''Antefoker''' of '''Intefoker''';<ref>{{cite book|last=Rice|first=Michael|title=Who's Who in Ancient Egypt|year=2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-44328-6|page=25|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6MmWuzSxh8C&q=Khuwyt&pg=PA25|chapter=Antefoker}}</ref> ''ỉnỉ-ỉt.f ỉqr'') was an [[ancient Egypt]]ian high official with the titles ''overseer of the city'' and [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|Vizier]] under king [[Amenemhet I]] and his son [[Senusret I]], during the early [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|12th Dynasty]].

==Attestations==
In Lower Nubia, Intefiqer is known from several rock inscriptions, showing that he was part of a military mission into this region. He appears in an inscription found at the Red Sea coast and in the so-called [[Reisner Papyrus]]. Two rock inscriptions in Lower Nubia mention him. They seem to indicate that he was involved in a military campaign into this region.<ref>Z.Zaba: ''The Rock Inscriptions of Lower Nubia'', Prague 1974, p. 39 (no. 10), 99, (no. 73)</ref> The inscriptions are not dated, but other inscriptions in the region seem to indicate a military campaign in year 29 of Amenemhet I, which corresponds to the 9th year of Senusret I. 

At [[Wadi el-Hudi]], Intefiqer is known from a stela dated to a year 20, reporting the bringing of [[amethyst]].<ref>Ashraf I. Sadek: ''The Amethyst Mining Inscriptions I'', Text, Warminster 1980, p. 22-24 (no. 8)</ref> 

At Thebes, the [[TT60|Tomb of Senet (TT60)]], that of his mother Senet is located in [[Sheikh Abd el-Qurna]] in the [[Theban Necropolis]], opposite [[Luxor]].<ref name="baikie1932">{{cite book|first=James|last=Baikie|title=Egyptian Antiquities in the Nile Valley|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529878|publisher=Methuen|year=1932|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529878/page/n625 575]}}</ref><ref>[https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/nobles/antefoqer/e_antefoqer_01.htm]https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/nobles/antefoqer/e_antefoqer_01.htm</ref>

==Burial==
At [[Lisht]], Intefiqer was buried in a [[mastaba]] next to the pyramid of Amenemhet I.<ref>D. Arnold: ''Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht'', New York 2008, S. 69-71, pls. 62-92, pl. 129-133 {{ISBN|978-1-58839-194-0}}</ref>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
*[[N. de Garis Davies|Norman de Garis Davies]]: ''The tomb of Antefoker, vizier of Sesostris I, and of his wife, Senet (no. 60)'', London 1920
*[[Wolfram Grajetzki]]: ''Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom'', London 2009 p.&nbsp;27-30 {{ISBN|978-0-7156-3745-6}}
* William Kelly Simpson: ''Rulers and Administrators - Dynasty 12, The Rule of the House of Itj-towy with Some Personal Reminiscenes'', In: D. P. Silverman, W. K. Simpson, J. Wegner (Hrsg.): ''Archaism and Innovation: Studies in the Culture of Middle Kingdom Egypt'', New Haven, Philadelphia 2009 S. 269-97 {{ISBN|978-0-9802065-1-7}}

[[Category:Viziers of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt]]
[[Category:Ancient Egyptian overseers of the city]]


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