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central chapel, 57 where his figure must have once been in the upper register while inspecting the products. This would support the fact that ‘royal wb3s’ were responsible not only for food production for the palace, but for other items and deliveries as well.5 The inspection scene on the domain discussed above reveal another important detail of the career of Ptahemwia (1). He is depicted with the Gold of Honour around his neck. Being rewarded is supposed to have happened during the reign of Tutankhamun,°*” together with gaining his three ranking titles: jrj-p“t h3tj-° ‘member of the elite, foremost of action’, htmtj-bjtj ‘royal sealer’, and smr-w fj ‘sole friend’. These rewards secured Ptahemwia (1) with a position in the most prestigious circle of the courtiers as well as society. Raven notes that moving the royal residence to Memphis during the reign of Tutankhamun must have lent new impetus to the career of Ptahemwia (I), the result of which was manifested in the reward.*° He must have been one of the several officials who served under Akhenaten as well, with the help of whom the officials in the leading positions (Ay, Horemheb, and probably Maya as well) tried to take control of the restauration and maintain the stability of the country. The several honorific titles he presented in his tomb also demonstrate his close personal connection with the king. The most interesting one is hrj-sst3 n W3d.tj ‘master of secrets of the two cobra goddesses’, the second part of which can only refer to the ruler himself, and not to a religious title. It emphasizes the intimate relationship with the king, and the responsibility and virtue of someone serving in a highly trusted position with undoubted loyalty to his lord, although none of the other ‘royal wb3s’ or ‘royal wdpws’ in this corpus designated themselves with this epithet.** Not only he, but his wife, Mia was also an honoured member of the royal court, as expressed by her honorific title hsjj.t 3. n nb @.wj greatly favoured of the lord of the Two Lands’ in the inspection scene. Besides, the title of Mia, sm%j.t n Jmn wb “wj ‘chantress of Amun clean of hands’, provides additional proof of the dating of the decoration of the courtyard, since it implies the reopening of the Amun temple in Memphis under the reign of Tutankhamun. The epi57 Raven, 2017, 589; Raven, 2020, 33. 55 For the duties of the officials, see p. 69. 9 Binder, 2008, 246, 307 (mistakenly dated Ptahemwia (I) to the 19" dynasty); Raven, 2017, 588; Raven, 2020, 32. 5 Raven, 2017, 587-588; Raven, 2020, 31-32. Binder, 2008, 223, 244-246; Shirley, 2013, 602-603. 5% Raven, 2017, 586; Raven, 2020, 30. 55 Sobekhotep had a similar epithet 4rj-s$t3 n ‘h Sps ‘master of secrets of the august palace’, see on p. 231.