The Personnel of the Middle Kingdom Funerary Stelae

Abstract

made to fit into the main family group, and whose exact relationship with the family group is difficult to establish. When these names are accompanied by titles, however, it will be found that a relationship between the two groups can in fact be established, and that this relationship is often one between working colleagues.1 This thesis can be demonstrated through an investigation of Simpson's ANOC group no. 1, the various stelae belonging to the families and acquaintances of the Overseer of Treasure Iykhernofret and of the Chamberlain Sasetyt.2 The reason for examining an ANOC group as opposed to individual stelae is obvious: only with such a group of stelae can whole families, including the extended families, be collected, and only thus are we able to differentiate properly between family and non-family members among the various names.3 The reasons for investigating this particular group ANOC 1 are twofold: not only does the group comprise the largest number of inscribed objects connected with one chapel,4 but in addition we possess a biographical text for the main individual of ANOC 1, stela Berlin 1204 where the Overseer of Treasure