New evidence on the king's son Intefmose from Dra Abu el-Naga: a preliminary report

The area of the Spanish mission at Dra Abu el-Naga (in and around Theban tombs 11–12) has recently yielded a significant number of data about this part of the necropolis during the 17th Dynasty. Among them, several artefacts of a king’s son of the 17th Dynasty, Intefmose, have been found. He was known until now by three documents, all of them lacking an archaeological context: 1) a seated headless statue, found reused by Petrie in Qurna, close to the area of TT 11–12, and now in Manchester (inv. no. 5051); 2) a fragmentary shabti of the British Museum (inv. no. 13329) mentioning him and a king called Sobekemsaf, possibly Sobekemsaf II; and 3) a shabti coffin. The corpus of documents of Intefmose can now be increased thanks to the new findings in the area of TT 11–12, pertaining to his burial assemblage and offering place of this royal person. The context and content of this evidence can add some interesting facts, such as the almost certain location of the tomb of Intefmose in the area of TT 11–12 and the possible existence of a posthumous cult after his death.