[46]. L., D., II, 18, 97 a, etc.
[47]. The earliest instance of this title that I know of occurs at Shût er Rigal, in the scene of King Antef (Eleventh Dynasty) before Neb-kheru-Ra Mentu-hetep: here the mer khetem stands immediately behind his sovereign Antef. The title also occurs in a tomb at Kasr es Sayyad, the date of which may be perhaps a little earlier than the Shût er Rigal graffito.
[48]. This title should not be confounded with the somewhat similar one
, “Superintendent of the Sealers,” Beni Hasan, I, xxx. Nor is it, of course, the same as the
“Superintendent Storehouses” or “depôts” (Pap. Bologna, 1086, I, 2). It ought also perhaps to be differentiated from
“Superintendent” or “Keeper of Contracts” or “Records?” although there appear to be several instances where
