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jmj-r3 jh.w n ntr nfr nh wd3 snb Jmj-r3 3h.wt n nb B.wj Jmj-r3 sh.tjw Jmj-r3 dhr.w n Jmn Jmj-r3 pr n Mntw nb W3st Honorific titles: hrd n k3p mh-jb n nb B.wj hsjj n nor nfr The ‘royal wb?’ Maaninakhtef can also be dated to the reign of Amenhotep II, however, with more certainty than Neferweben. On the right shoulder of his block statue (Louvre E 12926), the cartouche of the ruler provides hard evidence for the time the object was made as well as for the time of Maaninakhtef’s active service. Besides this statue, two additional monuments are available that provide information on him: a stele of a ‘royal scribe’ Paser from the time of Amenhotep III (RMO H.IILT.1 (V 93)), and the funerary cone (DM 8) of Maaninakhtef, although his tomb has not yet been discovered. At first sight, the case of Maaninakhtef could cause some confusion, on the one hand, since his name appears in two variations on his remains (Maanakhtef and Maaninakhtef), and on the other hand, because of the date of the stele in Leiden. These two details might give the impression of being two individuals bearing the title wb3 nswt ‘royal wb?’ during the reign of Amenhotep II and Amenhotep III respectively. Schulman even listed Maaninakhtef among the Ramesside ‘royal wb3s’, obviously wrongly.” Furthermore, the functional titles on the three objects — thirteen altogether — do not show an unambiguous overlap, except for the one of wb3 nswt ‘royal wb?’ and two others in their longer and shorter versions. In spite of all these, Gessler-Lohr gives a convincing overview and analysis of the identity of Maaninakhtef and the time of his life.*” She concludes that Maanakhtef and Maaninakhtef is one and the same person, who lived under Amenhotep I, as the cartouche on his block statue demonstrates. The donor of the stele in Leiden, Paser lived under Amenhotep III and — for some reason unknown to us — he presents an offering to Maaninakhtef, his brother, Begeni, and the wife of the latter, Tinetmennefer. Based on a parallel stele in the Louvre (V 65) of the same Paser, the pictorial and textual structure of which is very similar to the stele in Leiden, and on which Paser presents an offering to his grandparents, Gessler-Léhr surmises that Maan4% Schulman, 1986, 201, Nr. 48; Schulman, 1990, 18, Nr. 60. +2 Gessler-Löhr, 1990, 53-57.
