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of the king, who was born from Nefertari before his twentieth regnal year, suggests a much later date, around the 129—15 regnal year." Ashahebused is designated as wdpw nswt ‘royal wdpw’, as well as hrj sms n hm—f chief of bodyguards of His Majesty’, which is clearly a temporary function for this particular expedition regarding the participation of the prince. He must have also borne the title Arj-pd.t qnj ‘valiant troop commander’, which presumably appeared before his ‘royal wdpw’ title in the lost part of the stele. Below the two figures, remains of four columns of inscription can be seen, naming, here again, the colleague of Ashahebused, now as wpwt nswt n h3s.wt nb.wt ‘royal envoy to every foreign land’ and hrj-pd.t 3 hnm.t R°-ms-sw mrj-Jmn ‘troop commander of the Well of Ramesses II’, Amenemope.“? The last known monument to the person currently discussed is his rock-stele carved on the north face of the small temple at Abu Simbel, naming the dedicator as Ramessesashahebused, and designating him as wb} nswt ‘royal wb?’ and wb3 nswt tpj n hm=f nh wd3 snb ‘first royal wb3 of His Majesty, L.P.H.’. Both the name and the title differ from those on the stelae discussed above, which can be explained by the different nature and purpose of the current monument. While the stelae from Serabit el-Khadim were erected to commemorate a particular mission where Ramessesashahebused had been sent by the king as his personal agent, the rock-stele at Abu Simbel is a dedicatory monument by him as a high ranking official of the king, rejoicing over the construction of his memorial temple and praising the ruler because of what he had done. The use of the longer form of his name with the basilophoric prefix would be considered as a sign of adoration to his lord, 5" even perhaps for appointing him to the position of ‘royal wb3’, at the same 646 Cerny, 1955, 180; Kitchen, 1999, 201; Fischer, 2001, 117; Davies, 2013, 172. 447 The title is connected to the person of the king, as one in this position usually works directly for him, see in the discussion on Ptahemwia (I) above, and note 556. Cerny and Spalinger, however, attribute this title to the other official represented on the stele, namely Amenemope. Cerny, 1955, 180; Spalinger, 1980, 220. °8 Kitchen restored the title string based on the other monuments of Ramessesashahebused. Kitchen, 1979, 340. °° Spalinger mentions another stele fragment from Serabit el-Khadim, No. 261, as proof of the end of the participation of Ashahebused in the Sinai expeditions. Only Amenemope is depicted on this stele, and although there is no date on the stele, based on the spelling of the nomen of Ramesses II, Spalinger believes it can be placed in the 2"! year of Ramesses II, concluding that Ashahebused was no longer taking part in mining activities on the Sinai after this date. Since his supposition about the date of the stele No. 260 proved to be incorrect, and Ashahebused took part in an expedition during the 1215" years of the king, his theory about the stele No. 261 is also mistaken. Spalinger, 1980, 221. It is generally accepted that basilophoric names usually refer to the foreign origin of their owner, however, one must be cautious applying this theory without further proof for declaring such attributions. Helck, 1958, 353-367; Schulman, 1976, 123; Schulman, 1986, 192-197. 65 ő