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Daressy #: 1
Owner: Merymaat (Tomb undiscovered)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: sS aAt nbt Spst jt-nTr n jmn mry-mAat jr.n jmj-rA njwt wsr sS xtmtj-nTr aq Hr sSn (Macadam reads sStA. 06-082 in his DALEX file 2) m pr-jmn mry-mAat mAa-xrw wab m jpt-swt mry-mAat mAa-xrw Hm-nTr n jmn [m] Dsr Dsrw mry-mAat mAa-xrw jrj.n jmj-rA njwt TAtj wsr-jmn mAa-xrw ms n nbt pr Twjw mAat-xrw
Translation: Scribe of every costly stone, god's father of Amun, Merymaat, born of the overseer of the town User, scribe of the divine seal, one who has access to the lotus (Macadam translates 'Initiate of the secrets'. 06-082 in his DALEX file 2) in the temple of Amun, Merymaat justified, wab-priest in Karnak, Merymaat justified, prophet of Amun in Deir el-Bahri, Merymaat justified, born of the overseer of the town, vizier, Useramun justified, born of the mistress of the house Tjuwiw justified.
Date: T. III - A. II (Eichler 2000: 283).
Length: 23cm (British Museum: EA 9716)
Colours: Red face (01-002 in Davies's notebook).
Findspots:
One from TT 349 (03-104 in Macadam's Red file).
Remarks:
Merymaat appears in the wall of TT 61 which was built for his father Useramun, in TT 82 which was built for Useramun's steward Amunemhat with his family, in TT 100 which was built for Merymaat's cousin Rekhmire, and in TT 122 which was built for his cousin Amunhotep (as Hm-nTr snnw n jmn) as well as in other objects (Dziobek 1998: 120-122).
See also 03-105 & 106 in Macadam's Red file, 05-012, 013, 036, 037, 070, 071, & 146 in his DALEX file 1, and 06-032, 035, 036, 041, 042, 050, 057, 058, 064, 065, 071, 081, 082, 093, 099, 100, & 109 in his DALEX file 2.