Relief of Nofer

As the tomb owner, Nofer is the most important person in the scene, and his figure is therefore the largest. He is equipped with staff and scepter of office. The highly individual, beak-like point of the nose is repeated in Nofer's reserve head exhibited nearby. Most of the other representations of him in the tomb show a more stylized face. In the register to the lower right, the first scribe in the procession takes dictation. His scribal equipment includes a bivalve shell holding cakes of red and black ink. As treasurer, privy councillor and overseer of scribal equipment, Nofer's administrative authority was of the highest level. Nothing is known about his wife; only traces of her name (Wen-ankhes) are preserved on the tomb walls. The couple is intended to be standing side by side, although Egyptian artistic convention places them one behind the other for maximum visibility.