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to Ptah (jmj-r hm.w ntr n Pth-hntj-Tnnt ‘overseer of the prophets of Ptah, Foremost-of¬
Tjenenet’ ,“? ssmw-hb n Pth ‘leader of the festival of Ptah’) and the one connected to Amun
(hm nr tpj n Jmn m Hnt-nfr ‘high priest of Amun in Khenetnefer™*) refer to the supposi¬
tion that Sennefer might also have served in the royal palace of Memphis.”
During the Ramesside period, conclusions regarding the place of function of certain
‘royal wb3s’ and ‘royal wdpws’ can be drawn only from references on their monuments
concerning their duties or assignments. In all cases, the indications suggest that the
place of function of these officials might have been in the northern region, either in
Memphis or in Pi-Ramesse, however, the exact location cannot be determined.
In the case of Djehutiherhesetef, who served under Sety I, the source itself in which
he appears serves as reference for his place of function. The papyrus in question is an
account related to the administration of the royal palace of Memphis, in which several
Nubians are listed as personal servants of various officials, one of them as that of
Djehutiherhesetef.' This is the only mention of this official, however, based on the
content of the account, it is reasonable to assume that he carried out his duties in the
Memphite palace.
There are some examples where the inscription commemorating a particular mission
in which the official took part refers to his place of function of some sort. According to
his stelae set in the direct vicinity of the Hathor temple, Ramessesashahebused had taken
part in expeditions to the turquoise mines in Serabit el-Khadim at least four times”
between the 8" year of Sety I and around the 12-15" regnal year of Ramesses II.* Tak¬
ing into consideration the geographical distances between the location of the mining
area and the royal residences, it would seem to have been more practical to send someone
from a northern region than from the more distant southern one to join the expeditions.
The frequent participation of Ramessesashahebused in expeditions to the Sinai might
only imply that he carried out his duty in the royal palace of Memphis, or later perhaps
3 For the title, see Kees, 1953, 110.
“4 A settlement at the southern boundary of the Memphite nome, see Gauthier, 1927, 182; Gardiner,
1947, 121-122.
“5 Helck, 1958, 374; Gessler-Löhr, 1990, 71.
“46 For the text of the account, see [38] Pap. Bibliothèque Nationale 209, verso col. 4 on p. 455.
“7 Davies counts only three expeditions to Ramessesashahebused, however, the four stelae from four
different years refer to at least four separate expeditions. Davies, 2013, 172. For the four stelae, see
[39] Stele, Serabit el-Khadim No. 247+248+262 (=247) on p. 457, [39] Stele, Serabit el-Khadim No.
250 on p. 460, [39] Stele, Serabit el-Khadim No. 252 on p. 462, and [39] Stele, Serabit el-Khadim No.
260 on p. 466.
148 Cerny, 1955, 180; Kitchen, 1999, 201; Fischer, 2001, 117; Davies, 2013, 172.