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in Pi-Ramesse, the capital that had recently been founded by Ramesses II. The indícation for a northern place of function if somewhat more definite in the case of Ramessesemperre, who appears on an ostracon (CG 25504)" reporting visits by high ranking officials in the Valley of the Kings and at Deir el-Medina in the 7" year of Merneptah.’® The inscription clearly states that after inspecting the procedure of placing the coffins, as well as presumably additional pieces of funerary equipment, into the tomb, the officials returned back to the north. This indicates that the place of function of Ramessesemperre was either in Memphis or in Pi-Ramesse and he travelled to Thebes only to carry out a particular mission under the orders of the king. A similar situation can be concluded in the case of Bay who explicitly defines himself as a visitor to Thebes on a ostracon (CG 25766),’* indicating that he mainly resided in the northern part of the country. Unfortunately, the purpose of preparing the ostracon is not clear enough to draw unequivocal conclusions from its content,’” however, it was probably left in the Valley of the Kings as an ex-voto.’® Besides the types of references mentioned above, a special duty with which the official is assigned, according to the inscription of a monument, might also specify his place of function. Ramessesankherneheh appears on a donation stele, located in a private collection, dated to the 25" year of Ramesses III that records a land donation of 50 aruras for the cult statue of the ruler which was erected in Pi-Ramesse.* The inscription names Prince Ramessesmeriamun as the supervisor of the donation, and Ramessesankherneheh as the person responsible for providing for the cult of the statue. As such, it is hard to imagine that his place of function would have been far away from the cult place of the statue. A similar situation can be observed in the case of Hori who is assigned as one of the members of the great law-court of Heliopolis on a stele (Memphis, 2882) from the 24" year of Ramesses III reporting on the donation of a cult statue of the king, as well as the list of persons and goods ordered to its cult service. Both officials must have been settled in the north, Ramessesankherneheh most probably in Pi-Ramesse, and Hori perhaps in Memphis. “9 For the inscription of the ostracon, see [53] Ostracon, Cairo, 25504 on p. 496. 50 For a detailed description on the events, see Janssen, 1997, 148-151; Davies, 2014, 139-141. 51 For the inscription of the ostracon, see [58] Ostracon, Cairo, CG 25766 on p. 515. 152 Cerny, 1966, 36; Posener, 1977; Kitchen, 1993a, 237. 153 Davies, 2014, 249. %4 According to the inscription, the cult statue ‘is settled in the house of Amun of Ramesseshegaiunu', which refers to the royal residence of Pi-Ramesse. See Chappaz, 2005-7, 6, n. 5, with further references. For the inscription of the stele, see [61] Stele in private collection on p. 519. 55 For the inscription of the stele, see [73] Stele, Memphis, 2882 on. p. 529.
