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the 6" dynasty, in the tomb of Djau Semaj and his son, Djau." On the south wall of the tomb, the man offering a cattle leg in front of the sitting tomb owner is labelled as wdpw with the vessel sign.“ All the other attestations, slightly more than a dozen, came from Lower Egypt, from the 1* and 2! nomes dated to the 4""—6" dynasties. In several cases, more than one wdpw appear in the same depiction, and most of the figures are labelled with their names and titles above them. The functions in which they are represented can be divided into two main categories: offering bearers and participants in actions connected to the preparation of food. In the first function, the wdpw mainly takes part in the procession of the offering bearers, carrying different types of bread, birds, various kinds of meat and pots in his hands and on his shoulders, as in the tomb of Nikauhor in Saqgara from the 5" dynasty,* or in the mastaba of Seshathotep in Giza from the early 4" dynasty. More than one wdpw is depicted in the tomb of Kaninisut in Giza from the 4" dynasty, where three men are labelled as wdpw in the offering procession in the lower register on the western wall of the cult chamber,“ or in the mastaba of Nisutnefer in Giza from the 5" dynasty where two wdpws are depicted in one scene. There is only one example where an attribute was given to the wdpw, although the name itself was missing from the label. In the tomb of Satjut in Giza dated to the 4"~5" dynasty, an offering table scene can be seen on the right side of the door and an wdpw hnt-wr ‘cupbearer of the great cellar’ is depicted kneeling in front of the deceased holding two bowls in his hands.* The second function, in which an wdpw appears in offering scenes, is as a participant in food processing. He can be seen engaged in making bread, slaughtering cattle or preparing food, as in the tomb of Uhemka in Giza from the 5" dynasty” or in the mastaba of Idu in Giza from the 6" dynasty, where a label above a man says pst jwf wdpw Tjdwj ‘cooking meat (by) the cupbearer Tidui’. Another food making scene can be seen in the tomb of Mehu in Saqqara from the 6" dynasty. In the bottom register of the relief at the entrance of the corridor a man is sitting in the centre of the scene, roasting a bird 60 Davies, 1902, 4-5 pl. iv. Based on the publication, the two signs before the vessel cannot be identified for certain, but the reading is probably hg3. ® Quibell, 1909, 25-26, pl. LXIV. ® Junker, 1934, Abb. 28. ° Junker, 1934, Abb. 18. ® Junker, 1938, Abb. 28. °° Lepsius, 1970, 72; Bl. 86b. 7 Kayser, 1964, 32. 5 Simpson, 1976, 25-26, fig. 38. 61
