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Jmj-r3 rrjj.Urwjj.t
Jmj-r3 npjjw (nbjjw?)
ss [...]
Bj-pd.t
Little is known about the tenure and activities of Wah. His tomb settles at the lower
enclosure of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes, but it has not been published until now
and only some information is accessible either on its decoration or inscriptions.
The tomb itself is a simple T-shaped tomb, which was originally constructed during
the reign of Thutmose III and/or Amenhotep II, and which was usurped not long after
the death of Wah by a certain Meriamun.™ The usurpation must have taken place dur¬
ing the reign of Amenhotep II or Amenhotep III, but definitely before the Amarna
period, as indicated by the erasing of the name of Amun in the name of the usurper.*”
On the western end wall of the transverse hall there is a painted stele, where only parts
of the inscription are legible and part of one official title of Wah is recognizable: ss [...]
‘scribe of [...]’.*° Another official title is known from the note of Mond, namely wb3
nswt wb “.wj royal wb3 clean of hands’. The inscription he copied is a part of an offering
formula naming the owner and his wife as benefactors of the offering, however, unfor¬
tunately, the name of the wife was destroyed. It is not mentioned from which part of the
tomb the text originates. On the south-western wall next to the entrance of the tomb
Wah is depicted while receiving and inspecting produce and he is named as ‘royal wb3’.*
On the eastern end wall of the hall, scenes of fishing and fowling are depicted, with a
vintage scene below. This latter scene together with the one on the neighbouring north¬
eastern wall of the hall, representing men bringing provisions and preparing drinks,
might be in connection with the office of Wah as ‘royal wb?’. Besides these, mainly offer¬
ing and banquet scenes can be seen in the other parts of the tomb.**
Three other functional titles of Wah are mentioned by Helck:*” #3j-pd.t ‘bow bearer’,
which refers to some sort of military function of Wah; jmj-r3 npjjw ‘overseer of the npjjw’,
“ For the architectural description of the tomb, see Kampp, 1996, 205-206.
#2 Polz, 1990, 304; Kampp, 1996, 205;
#3 Hermann, 1940, 3c, 5°-6".
*4 Mond, 1905, 75.
#5 Wreszinski, 1923, pl. 62; Porter — Moss, 1960, 37.
# For the decoration of the tomb, see Wreszinski, 1923, pls. 40, 62, 68, 76a-b, 121-122; Baud, 1935, 79-83;
and Porter — Moss, 1960, 37-38.
47 Helck, 1958, 67.