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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 Nebamun’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 participation 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. 361 a
