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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*.
