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Although all the instances mentioned above showed a supposed northern place of
function, there are three officials who might have served in the south at Thebes implied
by their religious functional titles. The two brothers, Neferrenpet (I) and Sarenenutet
Tjaui were active under Amenhotep III, both of them functioned as jhjj ‘sistrum player’
and mediator of Hathor as stated on their sistophor statues found near the sanctuary
of the goddess at Deir el-Bahari.** Sarenenutet Tjaui was the priest of Werethekau as
well who also had a cult place most probably at Thebes.*” A third individual can be
connected to Thebes from the early 19"" dynasty, a certain Ptahpatener who bore the
titles hrj-hbt n Hr-m-hb ‘lector priest of Horemheb and hm ntr n Hr-m-hb ‘prophet of
Horemheb’.** The duties associated with these titles required the personal presence
of the title holder in the mortuary temple of the deified king. It must be noted, however,
that the assumption regarding the connection between these titles and the place of
function is merely speculation providing that they were functional titles indeed, and
not merely honorary ones which were given as a reward to the official at the end of his
active career for his retirement.
The tomb of several officials are known or they can be located with high probability,
based on the provenance of their monuments which might also be an indicator regard¬
ing the question of their place of function. Nevertheless, one has to be cautious as the
place of burial is not necessarily located in the same area as the place of service. Among
the above-mentioned officials whose residence was presumably in the north, there are
two persons during the reign of Thutmose II and Thutmose III who had their burial
places in the Theban necropolis. The tomb of Nebamun (TT 24) is located at Dra Abu
el-Naga, while that of Qenamun can be suggested in the same necropolis based on his
funerary cone DM 23. Both of them must have served, at least for an uncertain period,
in Memphis, still, they had their burial places prepared in Thebes. On the other hand,
the two brothers, Neferrenpet (1) and Sarenenutet Tjaui during the reign of Amenho¬
tep III were connected to Thebes as their place of function and their place of burials
must have been there as well based on the very likely ownership of the funerary cone
DM 335 by Neferrenpet (I), as well as on the provenance at Dra Abu el-Naga of more
monuments to Sarenenutet Tjaui. As for the officials from Ramesside period, there are
only two individuals whose burial place can be suggested in the Memphite necropolis
at Saqqara which coincides with their supposed place of function: as for Ramessesem¬
»* For the inscription of the statue of Neferrenpet (1), see [14.2] Statue, Paris, E 14241 on p. 379, and for
that of Sarenenutet Tjaui, see [15.1] Block statue, London, BM EA 1459 on p. 382.
57 For the cult and cult place of Werethekau, see Mekawy Ouda, 2014.
® For the inscription of the stele of Ptahpatener, see [30] Stele, Bologna, 1906 on p. 447.