Oldal 109 [109]
The painted wall decorations and the inscriptions of the tomb reveal some of the
official duties of Nebamun and periods in his career. His biographical stele is one of the
few monuments of the ‘royal wb3s’ in this corpus that gives us detailed information on
the official advancement of the owner.** Nebamun informs us that Thutmose II appointed
him to jmj-r3 h3 n nswt ‘overseer of the royal office’. Interestingly, this is another title he
bore that is unattested elsewhere.“ Helck identifies the title as overseer of one of the
offices of the processing departments,** however, the word 43 itself means ‘office’ or
"bureau?"
and there ís no reference in the title to any special department but that of the
king. While there is no information on his career under the reign of Hatshepsut, two
further promotions can be dated to the reign of Thutmose III: Nebamun was appointed
to jmj-r3 pr n hm.t nswt Nbtw m3“.t-hrw 'steward of the royal wife, Nebtu, justified’, then
he was promoted to jmj-r3 “hw nb.w n nswt ‘overseer of all royal boats’. As for his other
titles, there are no records on which period of his life he bore them.
Besides the highest ranking title jrj-p"t h3tj-" member of the elite, foremost of action’ >”
Nebamun possessed at least six functional titles. As is already known, he was ‘overseer of
the royal office’ under Thutmose II, and ‘steward of the royal wife, Nebtu’ as well as ‘overseer
of all royal boats’ under Thutmose III. Based on the first title, one might suppose that the
starting point of his career could be the position of ‘butler in the palace, life, prosperity,
health’ under Thutmose II. This title suggests a close connection with the king in everyday
court life as his personal attendant, and, moreover, the satisfaction of the king with Neba¬
mun’s function in this position might have led to his promotion to a position in which he
directed the office that managed the personal affairs of the ruler, or at least this is what the
title indicates. Having become the ‘steward of the royal wife, Nebtu’,** Nebamun remained
in the closest personal circle of the king, extending his official responsibility over the personal
possessions of one of the king’s wives. However, this latter title already suggests his par¬
ticipation in the administrative field, and since stewardship definitely has an administrative
aspect to it as well, it is not only a personal service of the owner. A scene on the eastern wall
33 For the focal points of the tomb of Djehuti (I), see p. 113, for the stelophore statue of Qenamun, see
p- 16. and [3.1] Stelophor statue on p. 348, for the tomb inscriptions of Montuiui, see p. 123. and
[7.1] Theban Tomb 172 on p. 357.
34 Taylor, 2001, 39; Al-Ayedi, 2006, 96.
35 Helck, 1958, 270.
Erman — Grapow, 1971, WB III, 221-222; Hannig, 2006, 622. Generally, the word also means hall
but it is preferred as ‘office, bureau’, meaning in an administrative context.
37 The translation of the two titles are based on Grajetzki, 2009, 5.
36 The title has two variations in his tomb and it also appears on his funerary cone DM 188: jmj-r3 pr
n hm.t nswt Nbtw m3“.t-hrw and jmj-r3 pr n hm.t nswt.
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