209

Daressy #: --

Owner: Hesunetjeref (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Qurnet Murai)

Reasons: --

Transliteration: wbA-nswt Xrd n kAp Hsw-nTr=f

Translation: Cup-bearer of the king, child of the kap, Hesunetjeref

Date: --

Length: --

Colours: --

Findspots:

• One example stored in TT 222 by IFAO, from which the drawing was copied (01-115 in Davies's notebook and 04-039 in Macadam's Green file).

Remarks: 

• Davies comments 'too small head' (01-115 in Davies's notebook).

• The ascribed owner is identical with that of # 545.

• From the inscription style, it can be reasonably concluded that both cones were created by different individuals. However, it is uncertain which was created first and for what reason Hesunetjeref desired a second one. If one is to speculate, it is possible that he had cone # 209 first, but that the quality did not meet his expectations. Consequently, he may have sought cone # 545. To date, there is only one example of # 209, whereas there are nearly 10 examples of # 545. This supports the hypothesis that # 545 was created as a result of dissatisfaction with # 209.

• EMC has a statue of a certain Hesynetjeref, dated to the 19th dynasty, who was 'Sms nb=f r nmtt=f jrj rdwj n nb tAwj jb n nswt wab awj TAy-xw Hr wnmj nswt jmj-rA nst (or jpAt) nswt (CG 569. Borchardt 1925: 118-119)'. The origin of the statue is unknown and the titles are different to each other but the similarity of the rare names is remarkable.

• See also 05-110 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-043, 044, 088, 089, & 090 in his DALEX file 2.

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