109

Daressy #: 74

Owner: TT 109 Min

Reasons: Inscription and provenience

Transliteration: HAtj-a n Tnj jmj-rA Hmw-nTr n jnHrt sS mnw mAa-xrw xr nTr aA

Translation: Mayor of Thinis, overseer of the prophets of Onuris, scribe Min, justified before the great god.

Date: T. III

Length: 10.7 digits (Ivanov 2021: 39, 49), 11.7 digits (Naguib 1987 [BSÉG 11]: 81), 11.7 digits (ROM: 993X2.55).

Colours: Red face (Munsell: 10R 5/8. Ibid.: 81). White slip on red clay (HM: GLAHM D.1925.52). A dark-gray core, reddish edge, and bright red pigment on the face (Teeter et al. 2003: 174). White face but the side of the head is reddish-brown (ROM: 993X2.55). See the images in the Image Gallery section below and here. Red face and 4.1-5.3 digits of the stem (01-096 in Davies's notebook). The entire body was painted white (Ivanov 2021: 39).

Findspots:

Unknown examples from TT 22 (Mond 1905 [ASAE 6]: 93, 96).
One each from TT 41, 23, and 103 respectively (01-096 in Davies's notebook and 04-077 in Macadam's Green file).
Many from the 'Mond's magazine (= inner hall of TT 96. See Mond 1904 [ASAE 5]: 100)' (01-096 in Davies's notebook and 04-077 in Macadam's Green file).
One from TT 65 or 66 (15.10.43).
18 from the court of TT 23 (Collins 1976 [JEA 62]: 34).
One from Medinet Habu (Teeter et al. 2003: 174).
Two from the TT 47 area (Kondo 2017, October 29. However, according to Kondo et al. 2016 November, three examples).
Four from TT 23 (Ivanov 2021: 39, 46).

Remarks:

The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 222. Borchardt etc. suggest that this is also the owner of # 499 (Borchardt, Königsberger, and Ricke 1934 [ZÄS 70]: 31).
Davies stated that the cones in the MMA's 15.10.40 and 15.10.42 were this cone and then Macadam followed it (01-096 in Davies's notebook and 04-077 in Macadam's Green file). However, the former is actually # 499 and the latter # 518.
Cracks at the top of the third column suggest that the seal was made of wood (01-096 in Davies's notebook and 04-077 in Macadam's Green file). His other cone # 222 also has a crack.
For more detailed prosopographic data, see Auenmüller 2013: 895.
See also 05-063 in his DALEX file 1, and 06-063, 068, 081, 100, 103, & 109 in his DALEX file 2.