▁other ▁d war fs , ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁family . ▁However , ▁this ▁remains ▁a ▁matter ▁for ▁conject ure , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁un common ▁during ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁period , ▁that ▁artists ▁dep icted ▁the ▁same ▁person ▁multiple ▁time ▁in ▁one ▁scene . ▁They ▁did ▁this ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁the ▁main ▁character ▁performed ▁several ▁duties ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁ ▁Care ers ▁ ▁As ▁already ▁mentioned , ▁d war fs ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁have ▁several ▁high ▁ranked ▁jobs ▁and ▁could ▁move ▁up ▁the ▁ranks ▁during ▁their ▁career . ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁relief s ▁dep ict ▁d war fs ▁performing ▁mainly ▁easy , ▁rather ▁cre ative ▁jobs , ▁because ▁their ▁short ened ▁and ▁frag ile ▁stat ure ▁did ▁not ▁allow ▁for ▁hard ▁or ▁dangerous ▁physical ▁work . ▁Un sur pr ising ly ▁then ▁d war fs ▁mainly ▁worked ▁as ▁j ew el ers , ▁tail ors , ▁cup - b ear ers ▁and ▁even ▁as ▁zoo keep ers . ▁As ▁at ▁other ▁periods , ▁d war fs ▁were ▁particularly ▁val ued ▁as ▁tre as ur ers ▁or ▁j ew ellers , ▁as ▁their ▁very ▁distinct ive ▁appearance ▁would ▁make ▁any ▁d ish on est ▁deal ings ▁on ▁their ▁part ▁that ▁much ▁more ▁difficult ▁to ▁get ▁away ▁with . ▁ ▁Z oo - keep ing ▁seems ▁in ▁fact , ▁in ▁the ▁surv iving ▁evidence , ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁work ▁performed ▁by ▁d war fs . ▁Royal ▁zoo keep ers ▁mostly ▁took ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁king '