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which only a short name can be reconstructed, Hori seems to be the most likely candi¬
date.” This is supported by the person of the other wdpw nswt ‘royal wdpw’, Amenkhau,
with whom Hori also appears together in the delegation on the ostracon DeM 45. This
time, the officials visited the Valley of the Kings to investigate a strike by workmen, who
had stopped working because they had not received their provisions for a period. The
officials decided in their favour. Although the date and the name of the ruler have not
remained either, based on the persons of the high officials in the delegation, the incident
must have been dated to the reign of Ramesses IV.”"°
The ostracon DeM 2551, found at the temporary village of the workmen on the ridge
halfway between the Valley of the Kings and Deir el-Medina,”” must also have been
linked to these visits by Hori on the west bank of Thebes. The limestone fragment depicts
a sketch of the figure of a ruler with the name and title wdpw nswt ‘royal wdpw’ of Hori
and part of the name of his father. The figure of Hori was once presumably presented
after his name.
The burial of Hori was most likely in Saqqara, however, the tomb chapel located near
the Teti pyramid which seems to be a candidate for this purpose, could also be that of
a certain Nakhtamun, who happened to be Arj sdmw.w n wb3 nswt Hrj ‘overseer of the
servants of the royal wb3 Hori’. The stele of Nakhtamun, now located in Neuchatel
(Eg. 428), was found inside the chapel, and its position, as well as the inscription on its
jambs, indicate the ownership of Nakhtamun rather than that of Hori, nevertheless, this
question cannot be answered with certainty until new evidence emerges.”* Hori and his
wife Henutmire appear in the lower register of the stele, where Nakhtamun presents an
offering to them with his two sons and four daughters.” A relief fragment found in the
vicinity of the tomb chapel without a specific location of its provenance,*°° however,
definitely belongs to Hori, based on the four columns of inscription which contain praise
of the wb3 nswt ‘royal wb3’, presumably whose kneeling figure is depicted on the right.
The functional titles of Hori appearing on his remains of different types also represent
the regularity in the usage of the two variations of the titles ‘royal wb?’ and ‘royal wdpw’:*"
the documents rendering accounts of particular missions ordered by the king far from
7 Eyre does not offer any solution for the person of the official, but Kitchen convincingly reconstructs
the text. Eyre, 1979, 81, n. e; Kitchen, 1983b, 151.
7° Helck dates the ostracon probably to the 16" year of Ramesses IX. See Helck, 2002, 514.
77 Bruyére, 1939, 362.
78 Malek, 1988, 131-132.
79 Malek, 1988, 128-129.
S00 Malek, 1988, 130-131.
For further discussion on the usage of the two titles, see p. 91.