Montuwosre

Montuwosre was a royal steward in whose honor the king Senwosret I built a stele to commemorate his life and royal service. The stele contains a portrait of Montuwosre and his children having a splendid feast. In the text that followed, Montuwosre described himself as ‘rich and fortunate in luxury: I was the possessor of bulls, rich in goats, a possessor of donkeys and abounding in sheep…. I was well provided with boats and great in vineyards’. Recording of virtues and the nobility was a customary practice of dedications such as this.