Oldal 153 [153]
hsjj 3 n nb B.wj
hsjj mrj nb B.wj
mr.tntr
wr m pwt=f
sr m h3t rhy.t
w“ tkn m h“.w ntr
won nswt m s.t w“ [...]tw
‘qr ‘h pr hr hs.wt
3m sh=f
smnh mnw=f m pr Jin
m[...] Sm'w Mhw
[...] 3.07 3.t
[...] n ntr nfr
[...J anb [...]
favourite of Akhenaten (no hieroglyphic source)
While Setau presumably continued his career under Akhenaten, Parennefer may have
begun his own under Amenhotep III, however, there is no unequivocal evidence to sup¬
port the latter supposition. His dating under Akhenaten is certain, based on the
cartouches in his tomb — TT 188 — in the Theban necropolis. More precisely, the con¬
struction and decoration of the tomb must have been carried out during the early years
of the king, since the cartouches represent his throne name of the period when he still
used the name Amenhotep before he moved to Amarna in his fifth regnal year.” Paren¬
nefer was one of the many officials who had followed his lord to the new capital, where
he started to construct a new tomb, and moreover, became an important person of the
royal entourage.
The decoration and inscriptions of the two tombs mainly represent the personal rela¬
tionship of Parennefer with the king, and reveal less of his official duties, however, there
is some information from which one can draw conclusions about his career. His tomb in
Thebes is located in the Asasif, facing north-east. Originally, the tomb was supposed to
be constructed on a T-shaped plan, nevertheless, the axial corridor was never completed.*°
The facade of the tomb was once decorated, and Davies, as well as Porter and Moss, men¬
# Davies, 1923, 139; Redford, 1995, 63.
%° For an architectural description of the tomb, see Kampp, 1996, 475-478; for the description of the
tomb and its decoration, see Davies, 1923; Porter — Moss, 1960, 293-295; and Redford, 1995.