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Smsw nb=f rww.t=f Jrj-rd.wj n nb B.wj Bj-hw hr wnmj nswt Honorific title: hrd n k3p The activity of wb3 nswt ‘royal wb3’ Hesinetjeref can be dated to the 19" dynasty, however, without referring to any specific ruler, based on the stylistic characteristics of his fragmentary block statue, now situated in Cairo (CG 569).°” Five vertical lines of inscription occupy the front of his garment, containing a htp-dj-nswt formula, addressed to Amun and Osiris. The inscription gives the name and titles of Hesinetjeref, as well as some honorific titles. In addition, the ownership of two funerary cones, DM 209 and DM 545, might also be associated with him, implying that his burial place was in Thebes. According to his functional titles, wb3 n nswt ‘royal wbz", wb3 n nswt wb “wj ‘royal wb3 clean of hands’ and jmj-r3 jp.t nswt ‘overseer of the royal apartments’, he carried out his duties in the royal household, in the private service of the king, however, there is nothing to indicate which royal palace he was attached to. Another title, 8j-hw hr wnmj nswt ‘fanbearer on the right of the king’, that once used to be a functional title, but during the time it became rather an honorary one expressing the prestigious and trusted position of the owner at the royal court, which also supports the close connection of Hesinetjeref to the king. This intimate relationship between him and his lord probably started in their childhood, as Hesinetjeref was hrd n k3p ‘child of the kap’, as his funerary cones inform us. In addition, his titles smsw nb=frww.t=f follower of the king on his journey’ and jrj-rd.wj n nb B.wj ‘attendant of the lord of the Two Lands’ indicate his participation in military campaigns in the personal attendance of his lord.“* Interestingly, these titles were mainly common during the 18" dynasty,” which is proved by the members of this corpus as well, % during the 19" dynasty only Hesinetjeref bore them. 5 Vandier, 1958, 454-455. ° Guksch, 1994, 65-66; Shirley, 2011, 305. “7 Taylor, 2001, 65-68, 226-230; Al-Ayedi, 2006, 167-170, 604-608. °° The title Smsw nswt, with or without any specification, was born by Djehuti (I), Neferperet, Suemniut, Heganakht and Ptahemwia (I), while the title jrj-rd.wj, again with or without any specification, appeared on the monuments of Qenamun, Suemniut and Parennefer. For a general discussion on these titles, see p. 63. o 8 o
