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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 Karnak, 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 household, 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 unequivocal.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.
