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Daressy #: 271

Owner: TT 52 Nakht

Reasons: Inscription and provenience

Transliteration: jmAxy xr Asjr wnwt n jmn sS nxt snt=f Smayt n jmn tAwj

Translation: Revered one before Osiris, hour-watcher of Amun, scribe Nakht, his wife, musician of Amun, Tawy.

Date: A. III (Vivó 2022: 379).

Length: 9.2 digits (Rosati 1985: 58), 9.9 digits (Dorn et al. 2020: 124), 10.4 digits (HAN: 1933,140), 10.7 digits (Botti 1955: 32; BM: EA 65669), 11.5 digits (Gabolde 1990: 245), 11.8 digits (Dorn et al. 2020: 123).

Colours: Red clay with traces of white paint (Rosati 1985: 58).

Findspots:

• Three from TT 52 (Davies 1917: 42).

Remarks: 

• There are a few bricks with this impression (Davies 1917: 42; JE 58285 (=4/9/30/5). Cf. Register book owned by the museum).

• The one housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is stamped on the circular face (Inv. no. 31/12/24/17. cf. Register book owned by the museum).

• See also 01-142 in Davies's notebook, 05-141 & 142 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-046, 081, 085, 101, & 110 in Macadam's DALEX file 2.

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