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This chapter focuses on two scribes, both named Amunnakhte; one is the son of Khaemnun and Naunakhte, the other the son of Ipuy. It first considers O. DeM 225 from early Dynasty 20, which shows Amunnakhte the son of Khaemnun and Naunakhte being commissioned by a Mrs. Iy to manufacture a coffin. It then examines the letters that Amunnakhte and Maaninakhtef wrote each other, including one in which he urges the latter to take care of their business. It also analyzes P. DeM 4–6, believed to have been written by three different scribes, and concludes with a discussion of P. Vienna KM 3925 verso, the writing of which is somehow slightly reminiscent of Amunnakhte son of Ipuy, but which also mentions the scribe Amunmose who brought something to a number of men and women, among them Amunnakhte son of Khaemnun and Naunakhte.

This chapter focuses on Naunakhte's son, Neferhotep. Bernard Bruyère found two fragments of a limestone seat in the village containing the names of both Neferhotep and his brother Maaninakhtef. This could mean two things: the two men shared a house or this could actually be their carpenter's shop. Apart from being a workman, a colophon made by Neferhotep's brother Amunnakhte in one of the Chester Beatty papyri also refers to him as a carpenter. In Naunakhte's last will Neferhotep was excluded from the main part of the inheritance because he always asked her for support. Naunakhte's decision suggests that Neferhotep was a wimp who was unable to make ends meet, and instead of supporting his mother in her old age she had to support him. Nevertheless, Neferhotep contested her will after she died. The chapter also considers two court cases involving Neferhotep and laid before the divine oracle.

This chapter examines how Deir al-Medina fathers protected their daughters. It begins with a discussion of how a Deir al-Medina girl who married a workman from the village would remain close to her family, and from time to time would flee their husbands back to the parental home. This is evident in a limestone ostracon involving the workman Telmontu, who complained to the chief workman Khonsu and the scribe Amunnakhte son of Ipuy about his son-in-law, evidently in defense of his daughter. The chapter considers another case of a father coming to the rescue of his daughter: an ostracon containing a statement by the workman Horemwia to a person who seems to be his daughter. Finally, it cites another ostracon containing a case of theft from some storehouses.