Seite 116 [116]
OCR
Behind the canopy scene of Thutmose III, there is the false-door of Djehuti (I), on which his religious titles are clearly shown. Besides these, his title ‘royal wb3 clean of hands’ also appears. Based on the presence of this title together with the religious ones on the false-door and in some other scenes in the tomb, one might think that it is closely connected to the religious function of the owner. However, on examining its appearances in all the inscriptions in the tomb, as well as in the sources of other titleholders, their correlation is by no means unequivocal and substantiated.>® In the inscriptions of Djehuti (1), the title ‘royal wb3 clean of hands’ is also presented in the same title string with whmw nswt ‘royal herald’ and also smsw nswt rww.t=f follower of the king on his journey’. There is a stele on each end wall of the transverse hall. The one on the southern end wall contains offering formula and wishes for the deceased for his existence in the netherworld, and both religious and non-religious titles designate the addressee of these benefits. The stele on the northern end wall, besides an offering formula, comprises a section of ideal biography.*° Here Djehuti (1) enumerates the attributes and approach that an official in the personal service of the ruler must have. Interestingly, while these features rather characterise a court official in the royal palace, they are accompanied with the religious titles of Djehuti (I), however, they would have been more appropriate for his civil offices as ‘royal wb’, ‘royal herald’ or ‘follower of the king on his journey’.’” Not only functional titles but three out of the five ranking titles also appear in the inscriptions of the tomb of Djehuti (I). These ranking titles are jrj-p“r h3tj-“ "member of the elite, foremost of action’, htmtj-bjtj ‘royal sealer’, and smr-w“ fj ‘sole friend’, which definitely proves his high status in the royal court as well as in society. In addition to this he bore the title hrd n k3p ‘child of the kap’, probably referring to his common childhood with and his similar age to Thutmose III. Honorific titles such as mh-jb ntr nfr ‘confidant of the good god’, jmj-jb n ntr nfr ‘favourite of the good god’ and hsjj n ntr nfr ‘favoured of the good god’, which are mentioned several times in the inscriptions, demonstrate not only his close connection with the ruler but also his trusted position by him. The ranking titles suggest that Djehuti (I) must have originated from the upper classes of society, yet there is no information on his personal background except for the names of his closest relatives. His father and mother were called Pesedjiri and Keku respectively, and he married a woman called Baket. The women were ladies of the house, while her father was identified as s3b ‘dignitary’. 39 See chapter II.4.3 on p. 67. 3° For the ideal and other types of ancient Egyptian autobiography, see Guksch, 1994, 24-25; Gnirs, 1996, especially 203-206. »" Helck also refers these characteristics to the function of ‘royal wb’, see Helck, 1958, 269.
