the tomb of kagemni

	Hereditary Noble
	Count
	Chief Justice (literally: "He of the curtain" and of high status)
	Vizier
	Chief Lector Priest
	Gracious of Arm (The meaning of this title is not clear)
	Sole Companion
	Mortuary-priest of Anubis is unusual in this title
	Stolist-priest of Min
	Scribe of the God's Book
	Director of every Divine Office
	Master of the Secrets of the Sacred Language
	(Sole) Confidant of the King out of his (the king's) Two Banks
	Treasurer of the King of Lower Egypt
	Sem-priest
	Director of every Kilt (possibly meaning "Director of all Officials")
	Overseer of the two Treasuries
var.	Overseer of the two Granaries
	Overseer of the Six Great Mansions
	Mouth of every Butite
	Overseer of the Two Wabet-chambers
	Overseer of the Two Houses of Gold
	He who is in the Chamber (i.e councillor) of Nekhen
	Herdsman (i.e. ruler) of Nekhen
	Chief of Nekheb (El-Kab)
	Overseer of the Scribes of the Royal Documents
	Master of the Secrets of that which (only) the One sees
	He who has Might with the Gods
	Domain-administrator of (the vineyard) "Star-of-Horus-President-of-Heaven"
	Director of the Mansions of the Red Crown
	Director of the Mansions of the White and Red Crowns
	Inspector of the Pyramid "The-Places-of-Teti-are-Enduring" possibly omitted in error, see below
	Inspector of Priests of the Pyramid "The-Places-of-Teti-Son-of-Re-are-Enduring"
var.	Overseer of the Town of the Pyramid "The-Places-of-Teti-are-Enduring"
	He who is in the Chamber (i.e councillor)
	Master of the Secrets of Secret Missions
	Overseer of all Works of the King
	Overseer of all (Judicial) Hearings
var.	Overseer of the Two Chambers of the King's Wardrobe
	Overseer of Upper Egypt
	Overseer of Upper and Lower Egypt
	Overseer of the Entire Land, Upper and Lower
	Overseer of the Two Royal Domains
	Master of Secrets
	High Priest of Heliopolis
	Overseer of all Commands
var.	Overseer of all Commands of the King
	Attached to "Fair-is-the-Face" (a name of the crown)
	Overseer of the Two Chambers of the Seal-bearers
	Overseer of Commissions in the Entire Lands
	Overseer of the Fowling-marsh
	Overseer of the King's Fowling-marsh
	Judge and Nome-Administrator

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