Oldal 84 [84]
OCR
II.5.2.2.3. Affairs of the workmen at Deir el-Medina In addítion to their tasks concerning the works on royal tombs, royal wdpws" also deal with various affairs regarding the workmen at Deir el-Medina. The time period of the appearance of these officials in documents reporting such matters covers almost the entire Ramesside era, just like the previous topic, from the reign of Merneptah until that of Ramesses IX. There are nine individuals who acted in the assignments either alone or with their colleagues or other high ranking officials. The necropolis journal CG 25504” reports that Ramessesemperre and his fellow members of a visiting commission to the tomb of Merneptah in the Valley of the Kings rewarded the workforce of the tomb after placing pieces of funerary equipment into the tomb. On the round-topped limestone stele EA 588,” Hori appears as the agent of Ramesses IV entrusted with delivering several commodities to the ‘chief workman’ at Deir el-Medina, Inherkhau bestowed by the ruler himself. A similar, frequent task in which ‘royal wdpws’ participate actively is the providing of supplies to the workmen at Deir el-Medina. Nakhtamun delivers supplies to the workmen as a member of a delegation together with the ‘mayor’ Amenmose and the ‘vizier’ Neferrenpet on the ostracon CG 255807" under the reign of Ramesses IV. His colleague under Ramesses IX, Amenhotep is mentioned in the introduction of a list of the workmen’s names under his authority and the ‘high priest of Amun-Re’, most of whose name is missing, probably also Amenhotep on the papyrus Turin Cat. 1932 + 1939°” which contains lists of supplies for the workmen of Deir el-Medina. In contrast to this, Nesamun, also under the reign of Ramesses IX, acted alone in providing supplies to the workmen four times within a year as reported in the papyrus Turin Cat. 1881.7% The officials often played an important role in making decisions about the problematic affairs of the workmen’s village. The ostracon R.97 in Sidney”“ from the reign of Ramesses IV reports on the visit of a delegation of officials with ‘royal wdpws’ Hori and Amenkhau among them to the Valley of the Kings to investigate a strike by the workmen, because they had not received their provisions for a period of time. The officials decided in their favour. The ostracon DeM 46,5 from the time of the same ruler, informs # For the text of the ostracon, see [53] Ostracon, Cairo, 25504 on p. 496. 760 For the inscription of the stele, see [73] Stele, London, BM EA 588 on p. 531. °* For the text of the ostracon, see [79] Ostracon, Cairo, CG 25580 on p. 566. @ For the text of the papyrus, see [91] Pap. Turin 1932+1939 on p. 594. °8 For the text of the papyrus, see [89] Pap. Turin 1881 on p. 579. 7644 For the text of the ostracon see [73] Ostracon, Sydney, Nicholson Museum R.97 on p. 538. °® For the text of the ostracon see [78] Ostracon, Deir el-Medina No. 46 on p. 559.
