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the memorial temple of king Merneptah, who announces the fact of donation, introduces the people appointed to be priests and chantresses, and presents the list of goods in the presence of the great law-court of Heliopolis, one of the members of which is the wb3 Hori. This is the only case in the entire corpus where a ‘royal wb3’ is designated only as wb3. Observing the sign group of the title, however, another interesting fact stands out, namely the reverse direction of the signs. Concerning this mistake, one might consider the omission of the sign nswt as a scribal error, not as an indication of a lower ranking position and/or title of the official. Interestingly, almost exactly a year later, one of the colleagues of Hori, Ramessesankherneheh was involved in a case of land donation for another cult statue of the same king in Pi-Ramesse.”* The next firmly dated source of Hori is a round-topped limestone stele, now located in London (EA 588), from the 1* or 2™ year of Ramesses IV. The date is based not only on the cartouches of the king, which were used only in his first two regnal years,” but also on the presence of Inherkhau, ‘chief workman’ at Deir el-Medina, who is attested in this function from the 21"—22"! year of Ramesses III, when he followed his father in this position, until the 1* year of Ramesses IV, and in whose tomb — TT 359 — the stele was presumably found at Deir el-Medina.”° The field of the stele is divided into two registers, in the upper one, Hori is depicted standing before the ruler sitting on a throne with Maat standing behind him. The inscription above and behind Hori designates him as wpwtj ‘messenger’ who came into the presence of the king, however, this label does not represent an official title but expresses the function in which Hori acts on behalf of the king. The mission itself is revealed in the lower register where a kneeling figure can be seen in the posture of adoration with thirteen columns of inscription before and above him. This male is believed to be Inherkhau, to whom the king bestowed several commodities through his agent, Hori. The purpose of the bestowal remains unknown. Hori bears two functional titles here, besides wdpw nswt ‘royal wdpw’, the usual title during particular missions,” the title sé nswt ‘royal scribe’ also appears, presumably referring to the duty he had to accomplish during the transportation and delivery of the commodities. 7% For the discussion on Ramessesankherneheh, see p. 215. 7% von Beckerath, 1999°, 167-169; Cherpion — Corteggiani, 2010, 288. 7° Janssen, 1963, 64, 70; Bierbrier, 1982, 24. 7 Valloggia counts Hori among the officials who bore the functional title wpwtj ‘messenger’. Valloggia, 1976, 169. At the same time, he mistakenly dates the stele to the reign of Ramesses III, just as McDowell does. McDowell, 1999, 233. 7» For further discussion on the usage of the two titles, see p. 91.