1.Introduction*Theadministrativetitle‘scribeofthenecropolis’(sSnp#Xr1)isawell-knownandwell-studiedaspectofNewKingdomscholarship.2ForthedurationoftheroyalnecropolisatThebes(1550–1069BCE.),todayknownastheValleyoftheKings,thescribeofthenecropoliswasresponsibleforkeepingdailyaccountsoftheworkundertakenatthesite,andsupplyinganddistributingrationsforthegeneralworkforce.OtherdutiesarealsodocumentedincludingthedeliveryofgoodsandsuppliestothevillageofDeirel-Medina,homeofthenecropolisworkersandtheirfamilies.3Throughoutthealmostfour-hundredyearperiodofactivityattheThebanNecropolisduringtheNewKingdom,theofficialrecordsarefullofreferencestoscribesinvariouscontexts.
