Inti was an ancient Egyptian provincial official who lived in the 5th Dynasty and who is known from his rock-cut tomb at Dishasha. The tomb is famous as it shows on one wall the siege of a Levantine fortress or town.
Inti bears in his tomb several titles, that indicate that he was in charge of a province. The titles are typical for the 5th Dynasty and includeː overseer of commissions of the Naret-province, overseer of royal fortresses, administrator of the great estate and leader of the land.Kanawati & McFarlane 1993, pp. 15-16 In his tomb chapel is also shown his wife, Meret-Min, but no children are mentioned for sure.Kanawati & McFarlane 1993, pp. 16
His tomb is a large complex with a chapel cut into the rocks. There are three pillars and several side rooms.Kanawati & McFarlane 1993, plate 23 (plan) The walls of the chapel are decorated with reliefs. They show daily life scenes, such as fishermen fishing,Kanawati & McFarlane 1993, plate 33 Inti traveling on a boat,Kanawati & McFarlane 1993, plate 32 or Inti and his wife at a festival.Kanawati & McFarlane 1993, plate 29
An unusual scene in the tomb shows the siege of a Levantine town or fortess. In four register, Palestine people are depicted fighting against Egyptians. The fortress is shown as a big oval. Within the fortress are visible fights too and on the outside there is a big ladder, so that Egyptians could climb the walls of the fortress.Kanawati & McFarlane 1993, plates 26-27.
The tomb was first recorded and later published under Flinders Petrie. Flinders Petrie 1898 From 1991 to 1993 an Australian team of Egyptologists under Naguib Kanawati went back to Dishasha and recorded and published the tombs there again.Kanawati & Ann McFarlane 1993
Literature Naguib Kanawati & Ann McFarlane (1993), with contributions by Nabil Charoubim, Naguib Victor and A. Salamaː Deshasha: The Tombs of Inti, Shedu and Others, (Sydney). , pp. 15-38, plates 1-13, 23-39 Flinders Petrie (1898)ː Deshasheh, 1897, With a chapter by F. L1. Griffith. EEF Memoir onlin
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