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upper register, the figure of Thutmose IV is making an offering to Horemakhet, lying
on a pedestal. In the lower register there is the kneeling figure of Iuti in a pose of adora¬
tion, with two columns of inscriptions before him. The quality of the workmanship of
the stele is rather rough and poor, and it even appears to be unfinished. The figure of
the king as well as the head of the owner are erased, which Hassan ascribes to disputes
in the royal family.“ In the inscription of the owner there are either scribal oddities or
mistakes by the stone-mason. The name of the owner is in the middle of the title string
at the end of the first column, yet should be at the very end of the inscription.*” The
other point of interest is the writing of the title wb3 nswr, as the sign wb3 stands before
the sign nswt, although the expected writing would be the reverse. Zivie mentions the
repetition of the title at the top of both columns as a third point, however, its second
occurrence might be somehow related to the title 3 n “+ hnk.t ‘chief of the supplies
magazine"? that follows it directly.
Based on the provenance of the stele, we may assume that Iuti was an official in the
Memphite region. There is no information either on his origin, or about his family
background, however, as he bore the epithet hrd n k3p ‘child of the kap’, he must have
come from the upper class of society and grown up in a palace.
“9 Hassan, 1953, 81 and 84ff. He refers to a “fierce feud” in the royal family, similarly to the situation
under Thutmose II, Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, and he suggested some other stelae as additional
evidence for this theory.
4” This is also noted by Zivie, 1976, 168. There are some examples of placing the name between the
titles, however, the importance of this practice is not clear.
4” Zivie, 1976, 167.
17 Al-Ayedi translates this title as ‘chief royal butler in the kitchen of the palace’, see Al-Ayedi, 2006,
227, however, I prefer the translation above based on Hannig, 2006, 136.