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Date Name Relatíve Cognomen/Epithet
Warna Ramesses III foreign
Paluka Ramesses III foreign
Inini Ramesses III foreign the Libyan
Qedendenna Ramesses III — Ramesses IV(?) foreign
Baalmeher Ramesses III — Ramesses 1V(?) foreign
Ramessessethherwenemef | Ramesses IV — Ramesses V | basilophoric
Usermaatresekheper Ramesses IV basilophoric
Heqamaatreneheh Ramesses IV basilophoric
Nebmaatreper-? Ramesses V — Ramesses VII | basilophoric
Ramessesnefer[...] Ramesses IX(?) basilophoric
Neferkareemperamun Ramesses IX basilophoric
Ines Ramesses XI foreign
Nebmaatresekheper-? 20! dyn. basilophoric
Table 7. Indicators of foreign origin of the officials
II.2. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE OFFICIALS
It is reasonable to surmise that the officials serving the ruler as wb3 nswt ‘royal wb?’ — and
also as wdpw nswt ‘royal wdpw’ — essentially belonged to a certain royal palace which was
their main place of function. Apart from the actual whereabouts of the ruler, a certain
number of these officials might have resided and maintained their duties in each royal
residence, at the same time, there were also several ‘royal wb3s’ who escorted the king either
during his travels through the country or when he joined military campaigns.** However,
the original sources do not provide much information regarding this question. One is able
to draw conclusions concerning the place of function of these officials only in some cases
based on their titles, the contents of their monuments or their textual sources indicating
a southern or a northern residence. Further indication might be the location of a person’s
burial, however, one has to be cautious in drawing conclusions solely based on this type of
evidence since the ideological motivation behind choosing the location of burial places
among private individuals changed during the time of the New Kingdom.
» The title smsw nswt, with or without any specification, was borne by Djehuti (1), Neferperet, Suem¬
niut, Heqanakht and Ptahemwia (1), while the title jrj-rd.w/, again with or without any specification,
appeared on the monuments of Qenamun, Suemniut and Parennefer. For a general discussion on
these titles, see p. 63-64.