The title wa wrw Spntjw is well known from 4th dynasty wall decoration. At that time, the bearer was functioned mainly as “the unique
of great of the Spntjw". It has been an attested title since the old
Kingdom. The wa wrw Spntjw is a person acting as a unique person
from Wadi Natroun. Moreover, it was established that the importance
of that person depends on the administration employing him and the
hierarchical level occupied. In this study, the author establishes
that this title can be employed according to a specific scheme in
which the title refers to a person. Relying on all the reachable
examples, the author proves the ambivalence of the Spntjw, both
substitute and leader, and proposes to translate the term by "Truchsesse" in the cases corresponding to that scheme. His hypotheses
are confirmed by the study of several particular cases. The aim of
this paper is to examine the social standing of the wa wrw Spntjw by
concentrating on known tombs and objects of this title's bearers
(e. g. the tomb of Ra-Htp), specifically tombs that contain a complete
list of titles.