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courtyard with a shaft on the northern part, a second courtyard with another shaft in the
middle, a central cult chapel, and two side rooms next to this latter. It is not known whether
Ipay was buried here or somewhere else, since none of his burial remains have been found.
The objects with his inscriptions were found out of the tomb structure: stamped bricks
in a depression north of the ramp, and a stele under the tafla debris south of the ramp.”
Two types of stamps were used on the bricks, a one-columned and a two-columned ver¬
sion, naming Ipay as s¥ nswt ‘royal scribe’ and s§ nswt m3° mr=f wb3 nswt wb “wj ‘true
royal scribe’, ‘his beloved’, ‘royal wb} clean of hands’ respectively.” The limestone stele,
with a pyramidal top, contains two registers, in the upper one Ipay is adoring Osiris, Isis
and Nephthys, in the lower one he is sitting on the left with his two sons, his daughter,
and his younger child standing before him.” The title string, which appears in the upper
register above the owner, is similar to that of the two-columned brick stamp: ss nswt m3°
mr=f jmj-r3 pr ‘true royal scribe’, ‘his beloved’, ‘steward’.
Unfortunately, based on the scarce data regarding the life and career of Ipay, only a short
conclusion can be drawn: he must have served in the post-Amarna era, most likely under
the reign of Tutankhamun, in the royal palace of Memphis; he served in the royal house¬
hold as ‘royal wb?’, as well as in the royal administration as ‘true royal scribe’ and ‘steward’,
however, the precise designation of this latter title is not known, one might suppose that
it was applied to the royal domains.
III.22. Ipu
Date: Tutankhamun/late 18" dynasty (based on the stylistic criteria of the stele)
Genealogy: Neferhat ¢ ———— Tjai 2
Nakhtamun 6 Huid Ipud T Nia @ Tausert Q
Meritre 9
Tomb: most likely in Saqqara
Remains: — stele, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, AP. (V 12)
”™ Yoshimura et al., 2001, 6, 9.
” Yoshimura et al., 2000, 18, Figs. 3-4.
3 Yoshimura et al., 2001, 9, pl. 18.