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before the wdpws who found them guilty and made them commit suicide as a punish¬
ment. During the examination of the tomb robberies, the officials also fulfilled a judicial
duty in the inspection of the tomb in question as well as the interrogation of the suspects.
In these cases as well, more officials worked together. Under the examination under
Ramesses IX, Nesamun and Neferkareemperamun were the members of the judiciary”
together with the ‘vizier’ Khaemwaset and the ‘Mayor of the City’ Paser, while during
the other investigation under Ramesses XI, Menmaatrenakht, Ines and Pameriamun””*
were also in the committee as the fellows of the ‘vizier’ Nebmaatrenakht. In these latter
cases, there is no further reference to the exact activity of the officials beyond their par¬
taking in the procedure.
IL.5.2.2.5. Miscellaneous tasks
Besides the thematised duties discussed previously, there are two cases where the officials
acted on the order of the ruler in very different matters. Maatmen appears in a model
letter from the reign of Ramesses II (London, EA 10244)” in which two lieutenants of
the army, Any and Bakenamun informed him of the command of the king as they had
to transport three stelae to the place where the official currently stayed — unfortunately,
it is not named in the text — so that he could erect them on their places, according to
Gardiner, probably in the Syrian territory to propagandize the power of the ruler.” Even
if it cannot be ascertained whether the text describes a real occasion or a fictional one,
one may assume that the characters were real and known persons, as well as the case in
which a ‘royal wdpw’ normally proceeds. While Maatmen rendered the ruler a service at
the north-eastern border of the country, Ines, who otherwise, acted in the judiciary con¬
cerning the tomb robberies under Ramesses XI, was sent to the southern territory to
Panehsy, the ‘viceroy of Nubia’. The ruler commanded Panehsy to cooperate with Ines
to fulfil his commands concerning the transportation of a portable shrine, as well as
Hori on p. 221, Nesamun on p. 242, or Neferkareemperamun on p. 244. In addition, see a discussion
on Schulman, 1976, 123.
7° For a discussion on Nesamun and Neferkareemperamun, see p. 242. and p. 244, respectively, for
the inscription of the examinations, see [89] Pap. BM 10054 on p. 582, [89] Pap. Abbott (Pap. BM
10221) on p. 583. and [89] Pap. Leopold II — Amherst (Brussels, E 6857) on p. 589.
For a discussion on Menmaatrenakht, Ines and Pameriamun, see p. 248, p. 249. and p. 250, respec¬
tively, for the inscription of the examinations, see [94] Pap. BM 10052 on p. 598, [94] Pap. Mayer A
on p. 600. and [94] Pap. BM 10383 (Pap. de Burgh) on p. 603.
72 For a discussion on Maatmen, see p. 197, for the text of the letter, see [50] Pap. Anastasi V 23,8 on
p- 486.
Gardiner, 1920, 107.
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