Abstract
Analysis of the relief on pillar 16 of the Southern temple in Buhen reveals two previously unrecorded elements for the titulatury of Great Chancellor Bay: ‘fan-bearer on the right of the king' and ‘king's messenger to Syria and Nubia’. The latter title accords perfectly with the letter RS 86.2230, which was sent by Bay to the last king of Ugarit Ammurapi. The fact that Bay bore the title ‘king's messenger to Syria and Nubia’, and had a direct relationship with the Ugaritic king, suggests that under Siptah he had taken control of Egyptian foreign affairs.
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