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Daressy #: --
Owner: Ray (tomb undiscovered)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: sS jmj-rA pr-HD rAy jmj-rA Snwtj n mnTw m jwnj rAy Hrj-mrt rAy sS jmj-rA gs-pr rAy
Translation: Scribe, overseer of the treasury, Ray, overseer of the double granary of Montu in Armant, Ray, chief of the servants, Ray, scribe, overseer of gs-pr, Ray.
Date: --
Length: 17 x 10.75 x 7.5cm (01-048 in Davies's notebook and 03-046 in Macadam's Red file)
Colours: --
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The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 345.
While # 345 only mentions that Ray had three titles, # 122 mentions two additional titles, yet this does not substantiate the acquisition of these two titles subsequent to the acquisition of # 345.
# 84, # 88 # 94, # 111, # 120, and # 122 have vertical lines with the name of the owner at the bottom. Among them, # 84, # 88, and # 120 are dated to the reign of Hatshepsut.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a statue which may have been belonged to our Ray (Acc. no. 17.190.1960. See also Winlock 1920 [JEA 6]). If so, our cone can be dated to the reign of Amunhotep II. Another statue of a certain Ray which could also be attributed to our cone is discussed by the JEA editor (JEA Editor 1920 [JEA 6]). This second statue seems to date from the reign of Thutmose I or shortly thereafter as the brother of the owner is named Aakheperkare, the king's prenomen. Barrios Mufrege argues, however, that the second statue, now in the Norwich Castle Museum (UK, inv. no. 93.925), is attributable to our Ray, while the first is not (Barrios Mufrege 2023: 8-10).
Chollier suggests that our Ray's tomb is TT 234 at Dra Abul Naga (Chollier 2023: Ch. 2, § 39 and n. 114), though Barrios Mufrege denied his idea (Barrios Mufrege 2023: 10-11).
Macadam translated gs-pr as 'administrative office' (04-033 in Macadam's Green file and 06-091 in his DALEX file 2).
See also 05-096 in his DALEX file 1, and 06-053, 055, 081, 087, & 099 in his DALEX file 2.
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