Quenhikhopshef's handwriting

Quenhikhopshef is the one with notoriously bad handwriting. He had a young wife Naunakhte, who maried another man after his death (her famous will, where she disinherits her 4 children, is in Oxford). Quenhikhopshef also apparently borrowed the workmen to carry stones for his own tomb. More in Who is who in DeM (B.G.Davies)or People of Ancient Egypt (Charlotte Booth)

Excellent notes supplied by Cathy.

This whole lecture is devoted to Sennudjem (also spelled Sennedjem and several other ways) - one of the more famous senior workmen in Deir el-Medina. His tomb is well know mostly thanks to Bruyere, who recostructed it - complete with the pyramid on top. 

Notes for this lecture were beautifully put together by Ann. Many thanks!

The written sources from Deir el-Medina paint a picture of slightly chaotic legal system that ruled the community - public tribunals, which dealt with the disputes between the villagers like unpaid bills and theft or adultery.

Village law-courts and the Oracle of Amenhotep I. were both very important for settling the smaller disputes but these had limited power and serious criminal cases like the tomb robberies were heard at the Vizier's court.