epithets beginning with "jmax" are common throughout egyptian history from the 4th dynasty on, tending toward greater specificity in later periods. an official or family member could possess several, both "jmax xr ntr aa" "honored before the great god" (when dead) and "jmax xr nswt" "honored before the king" (presumably in life). it is important to realize that king and god themselves can be one and the same, especially upon death, as amenemhat i would be in the early middle kingdom story of sinuhe. the goal of kingship, after maintaining social order ("maat") in egypt, was to ascend and unite with the sun disk of heliopolitan theology, maintained from old kingdom until the arrival of christianity.since "jmax" can also be translated as "provided for," the connection an official's tomb holds with royal subsidy is made implicit; although officials built their tombs using mainly their own resources once the 4th dynasty (and khufu's largess at giza) ended.