The founder of this dynasty was, most probably, =Ȧntefȧ=, a local chief of the Thebaïd, whose titles were ERPĀ 𓂋𓐰𓊪𓐰𓂝 and ḤĀ 𓄂, and “great prince of the nome of the Thebaïd, the satisfier of the heart of the king, the controller of the Gates of the Cataract, the support of the South, making the two banks of the Nile to live, chief of the Priests, the loyal servant of the Great God, the Lord of Heaven.” He was probably succeeded by two or three chiefs of similar name who made no claim to the sovereignty of the Northern Kingdom, which was then in the hands of the princes of Herakleopolis. The first of Ȧntefȧ’s successors who claimed to be “King of the South and of the North,” and “Lord of the two Lands,” _i.e._, all Egypt, was =Uaḥ-ānkh Ȧntef-āa=, who was succeeded by =Nekht-neb-ṭep-nefer Ȧntef=, and he was followed by =Sānkh-ȧb-taui Menthu-ḥetep I=. These facts are derived from the important stele of =Ȧntef=, a priestly official, which is exhibited in the Northern Egyptian Gallery, Bay 4, No. =99= (see =Plate XXII=). Among the officials who flourished in the reign of Uaḥ-Ȧntef and his son was =Thethȧ=, whose sepulchral stele, inscribed with a biographical notice, is exhibited in the same Bay (No. =100=). From his tomb also came the inscription which formed the façade (No. =101=), and the reliefs (Nos. =102=, =103=), on which are represented members of the family of the deceased bearing offerings. The order of the remaining kings of the dynasty is doubtful. Several of them were called =Menthu-ḥetep=, and they may be distinguished by their prenomens thus:— =Neb-ḥapt-Rā Menthu-ḥetep.= =Neb-taui-Rā Menthu-ḥetep.= =Neb-ḥap-Rā Menthu-ḥetep.= =S-ānkh-ka-Rā Menthu-ḥetep.=