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Tomb: unknown Remains: — stele, Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet, 849-1-338 Functional title: wb3 nswt Honorific title: hrd n k3p The wb3 nswt ‘royal wb? and hrd n k3p ‘child of the kap’ Setau can also be dated to Amenhotep III, based on the stylistic criteria of his stele (Musée Granet 849-1-338), mainly on the facial characteristics of the owner, and on the personal names that appear in the inscription. The provenance of the stele is unknown. It contains three registers. In the upper register, Setau and his wife, Henutweret adore Osiris sitting under a canopy. In the middle register, at the left side Setau and his wife are also sitting with a boy and a girl before them, the son of a person with an unidentified name, and Nia, daughter of an unknown woman. At the left side of the register, another couple are sitting, Ipeni and his wife, Kia, with the granddaughter of Kia, named Niui behind them, and with a girl, Tui, daughter of a woman before them. All the persons are named in the inscription at the bottom of the stele, under their figures. The family relationship between the two couples is not defined, nor is it clear to whom the possessive suffix refers in the cases of Nia and Tui. They might be the daughters of Henutweret and Kia respectively, the couples to whom they present an offering. Based on this concept, the son at the left side might be the son of Setau and Henutweret. Another woman is named and represented at the far left side at the bottom of the stele, Medetnakht, whose identity and relationship with the other members of the offering scene are not defined either. Unfortunately, nothing else can be found out about the life and career of Setau, only that he grew up ina palace and that he was engaged in the personal service of the ruler. IIL.ı7. Seth Date: Amenhotep III — Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten (?) (based on the stylistic criteria of the stele) Genealogy: unknown Tomb: Bubasteion 1.13 "6 Barbotin, 1995, 52. I would hereby like to thank Musée Granet for providing me with the photo of the object.
