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panel containing the name Amunemwia, there is a title, similarly to the one of Parennefer,
which provide further information on the life of Ptahemwia (1): $msw nb=f tj sw m jnpw
‘follower of his lord while he was young”. This phrase might refer to some sort of official
activity in the service of the later Akhenaten during the reign of his father, Amenhotep III,
however, it might also be an indication of their growing up or being educated together in
a palace. None of them can be proved unequivocally.
The only functional title that Ptahemwia (1) held is wb3 nswt wb “wj ‘royal wb3 clean
of hands’, appearing eleven times in his tomb. As Staring notes, it is rather surprising,
since one could expect a longer title list in the case of knowing an official from a large
monument like a tomb.*® The case of Ptahemwia (I), however, contradicts this notion.
He was presumably appointed to this high position by Akhenaten after the latter’s acces¬
sion. There is no attestation to his presence in Amarna, although it is possible that he
made an official visit there during his life. An elaborated scene on the northern wall of
the courtyard represents Ptahemwia (I) fulfilling his official task as ‘royal wb3’, while
inspecting a domain.*® In the centre of the scene, the tomb owner is standing turning
back to the two estate managers who are supposedly rendering an account of the estate
to him. On the other side of him, a servant presents the produce of the fields. All the
accompanying scenes around Ptahemwia (I) demonstrate his high position and his luxu¬
rious circumstances while travelling: his private charioteer can be seen on his right side
above the servant presenting the produce; on the other side, his armed escort is depicted
above the estate managers, led by a hry smsw=f ‘commander of the escort’, a person of
such rank usually working for the king himself; on the left of the scene, a large tent is
represented with the wife of Ptahemwia (1), Mia, inside, while servants and musicians
are acting around her; and under the tent, three boats are shown at a landing stage, sym¬
bolizing the private flotilla of the tomb owner, on which he travels through the country.
Another scene which may refer to the official duties of Ptahemwia (I) as ‘royal wb?’,
according to Raven, is the workshop scene on the lower part of the northern wall in the
that the iconoclasm in Saqqara was not so vehement as in other parts of the country, which is proved
by more examples where the name of Amun has not been destroyed. Raven, 2017, 585.
As the word jnpw ‘young’ was only employed for the future king, it could only refer to Akhenaten
when he had been prince. Raven, 2017, 587.
8 Staring, 2017, 599.
%4 There are remains of decoration on the south wall of the courtyard, which, according to Raven,
might represent his installation in this new office, rather than the scene of his being rewarded with
the Gold of Honour. Raven, 2017, 588; Raven, 2020, 23, note 62.
55 Raven et al., 2007, 23; Raven, 2017, 588; Raven, 2020, 32-33, 85-91.
5° Raven, 2017, 588; Raven, 2020, 32.