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of Hathor, who listens to the petitions and mediates them to the goddess. His pureness
appears in the text as well, however, the end of the line of this statement is missing.
The other granite statue of Sarenenutet Tjaui was found in the Mut temple at Kar¬
nak, now located in Cairo (CG 632). It is unique in terms of its shape which can be
identified as a bust or pillar with the only sculpturesque element, the head of the owner
on the top.*” All the four sides are covered with inscriptions addressed to various gods
in favour of the well-being of the owner in the netherworld. Both statues identify
Sarenenutet Tjaui as wb} nswt ‘royal wb?’ and wb3 nswt w“b “.wj 'royal wb3 clean of
hands’ with references to his duty in the royal court, more precisely in the royal house¬
hold, close to the person of the ruler himself. In addition, the statues inform us that
he was also active in the religious sphere as jrj-“.tn pr Wrt-hk3w 'keeper of the storehouse
of the temple of Werethekau” and as 3 n w‘b.w n Wrt-hk3w ‘chief of the wab-priests
of Werethekau'.
Sarenenutet Tjaui can be seen carrying out his duties as the priest of Werethekau on
his limestone relief block found at Dra Abu el-Naga,°* now located in Boston (MFA
1972.651). Since this sort of object, a free-standing stone slab erected into the sand or on
a pedestal, is primarily known from the tombs dated to the post-Amarna period in the
Memphite necropolis, with a figural program on its front and inscription on its back,
according to Gessler-Léhr, the relief block of Sarenenutet Tjaui is unique from this early
period.* Concerning its shape and textual content, the monument should be interpreted
as a stele, nevertheless, its architectural correlation with the tomb itself is not unequiv¬
ocal.5% The front side of the relief block, besides appearing in his religious function
mentioned above, represents the owner among his servants and some of his relatives,
namely his brother, Neferrenpet (I) and his wife, [...]ia, as well as his son, Userhat, who
acts as sem-priest in the offering scenes. His parents, who are named on the London and
Cairo statues as well, are also represented, in one of the offering scenes: his father was
Amenemhat, abbreviated to Hat, and his mother was named Nefertiri, abbreviated to
Ri. We are informed about a sister of his mother, named Taweret, as well as a daughter
5% Vandier, 1958, 473-474; Gessler-Lôhr, 1990, 65.
53% Mekawy Ouda reconstructs two titles connected to the goddess on the Cairo statue, ‘the guardian
of the temple of Werethekau’ and ‘the overseer of the sn‘ of Werethekau’, however, the latter one is
reconstructed incorrectly based on an inaccurate copy of the inscription by Borchardt. See Borchardt,
1925, 180-183; Mekawy Ouda, 2014, 114; Mekawy Ouda, 2015, 363.
594 Simpson, 1987, 42.
505 Gessler-Löhr, 1990, 65.
5% Clére, 1981, 232; Gessler-Löhr, 1990, 66; Kozloff — Bryan, 1992, 284.