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of funerary context as wb3 nswt, while on an ostracon reporting on his activity as a
member of a visiting commission inspecting of the work on the royal tomb in the Valley
of the Kings designated him as wdpw nswt.’” The functional titles of Hori appearing on
his monuments of different types also represent the regularity in the usage of the two
variations of the two titles: the documents reporting on peculiar missions ordered by
the king far from his person and the royal residence designate him as wdpw nswt, while
the ones in connection with his general representation as a court official entitle him as
wb3 nswt.”
Interestingly, Sobekhotep is designated as wb3 nswt at the end of the text of his stele
from Serabit el-Khadim, however, from the fact alone that the object was made for com¬
memorating an expedition, a special mission commanded by the king, one might expect
the presence of the title wdpw nswt. Nevertheless, the text clearly states that Sobekhotep
was ordered to participate in the expedition due to his other function as jmj-r3 pr hd n
nbw hd ‘overseer of the treasuries of gold and silver’, thus with his designation as wh3
nswt, he supposedly intended to express his importance in the court and his close relation¬
ship with the ruler himself. At the same time, in a papyrus that renders an account of the
visit of some high officials in order to inspect the placing of some pieces of burial equip¬
ment into a royal tomb, as a member of the commission he is identified with the expected
title of wdpw nswt.* Nesamun and Neferkareemperamun are designated as wdpw nswt
in all but one of their sources, as was usual in cases of special assignments carried out on
the command of the ruler. The only source where they appear with the title wb3 nswt is
the scene of Amenhotep being rewarded in Karnak. The explanation for the usage of this
title here might be in connection with the fact that in this case, both officials take part in
a ceremonial event as courtiers and not as a particular agents of the king in an adminis¬
trative matter.»
It must be noted, however, that besides the examples above, which support the divi¬
sion of the usage of the two titles according to the functional representation of the
officials, there are some instances which do not entirely accord with this theory where
the usage of an unexpected title variation cannot at present be unequivocally explained.
In an account, in which several Nubians are listed, who apparently, were personal serv¬
ants of various officials, Djehutiherhesetef is designated as wdpw nswt, although the
#* For a discussion onf Ramessesemperre, see p. 201, for his inscriptions, see p. 493.
793 For a discussion on Hori, see p. 221, for his inscriptions, see p. 529.
#4 For a discussion on Sobekhotep, see p. 231, for his inscriptions, see p. 557.
*> For a discussion on Nesamun and Neferkareemperamun, see pp. 242. and 244, respectively, for
their inscriptions, see pp. 579. and 594, respectively.