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Honorific titles: mh-jb ntr nfr
mh-jb n drdr=f?
Jmj-jb n nswt n wn-m3“
Jmj-jb n ntr nfr
hsjj n ntr nfr
mnh-jb n nb t3.wj
w° mnh-jb n nb B.wj
hrd n k3p
cg hr nfrt r bw hr nswt hr “nh nb ntr.w
Djehuti (1) and Nebamun must have been aware of each other since both of them served
under Hatshepsut as well as Thutmose II. Unlike Nebamun, Djehuti (I) bore the actual
title wb3 nswt ‘royal wb3’. The wall decorations as well as the inscriptions in his tomb,
TT 110, which settles at the lower enclosure of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes, provide
scenes of his official duties and information on the required approach of an official of
the highest circles in the royal court, engaged in the personal service of the king.
The tomb itself is a T-shaped tomb with a two-columned room at the end, which has
been completely burnt out.*** The wall decoration, which combines painting as well as
sculpting, is mainly confined to the scenes of Djehuti (1)’s official duties; a banquet, a
funeral procession, and offering scenes either before the two rulers or the deceased and
his family.® The south side of the eastern wall is devoted to the depiction of the function
of Djehuti (I) as ‘royal wb3’. The scenes in the four registers show different drinking and
storage vessels, and men straining out, mixing or cooling liquids, while in the text above
the figure of Djehuti (I), standing to the right, addresses the waiters. Unfortunately, the
inscription is too fragmentary to decipher its meaning. The pictorial decoration and the
remains of the inscription nevertheless clearly illustrate the function of Djehuti (I) as
an actual butler whose duties also included overseeing the drinks for the king and perhaps
for his closest family members. On the right of the other, northern side of the eastern
wall, Djehuti (I) appears in religious function as he offers braziers to the gods. The
illustrations and the inscription depict him as an offering priest, who leads a festival
and performs rites before Amun. The wealth of his religious titles connected to this god
as well as to the two rulers are worthy of note: there are thirteen titles in the tomb, which
34 For an architectural description of the tomb, see Kampp, 1996, 390-391.
* Porter — Moss, 1960, 227-228. For a detailed description of the decoration and for the inscriptions,
see Davies, 1932, 279-290; for the inscription of the stele, see also Hermann, 1940, 31*-35*.