Architecture

The funerary stela, in limestone, depicts Intef and his wife Kai as well as their son Id the Elder and four daughters. There are two lines of hieroglyphic text rendered in bas-relief that read as follows: (1) An offering that the king gives (and) that Anubis (gives), he who is upon his mountain, he who is in the embalming place, lord of the sacred land; invocation offerings of bread and beer for (2) the revered one, the sole friend, Intef.”

Intef is wearing a shoulder-length wig of horizontal curls, a wesekh collar, bracelets and a knee-length pointed kilt, the latter being typical garb for the period. His beloved wife Kai is embracing him with her left arm in a gesture of tender affection. She is wearing a striated, tripartite wig and a wesekh collar, as well as bracelets and anklets. Although the lower hem of her dress is discernible, the diaphanous linen with which the dress is made lets the lines of her body show through. The couple is watching over their offering ensemble and their son Id the Elder, in the lower register on the right, who is presenting them with a haunch of meat. Id the Elder is with his four sisters, Ankhseni, Itti and two more whose names are illegible. Notice that all the female figures in this depiction have their feet together and standing still, as decorum dictated.