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Daressy #: --
Owner: TT 121 Iahmose
Reasons: Inscription and provenience
Transliteration: Xrd n kAp n mryt-jmn mAa-xrw jaH-ms [...]. Piccione reads 'IaH-ms pA Xrd n kAp n Mry.t-Imn mAa-xrw' (Piccione 2017: 266).
Translation: Child of the kap of Merytamun justified, Iahmose [...]. Piccione translates 'Ahmose, the child of the nursery of (Queen) Meritamun, justified' (Piccione 2017: 266).
Date: T. III (Vivó 2022: 383-384. His other two cones were made in the reign of Amunhotep II (see # 297 and # 300) but our cone seems to have been made by a different person considering its design. Therefore I put the cone in a different date in which Iahomse had still been active).
Length: --
Colours: --
Findspots:
Unknown examples from the wadi near TT 71 (01-119 in Davies's notebook and 04-032 in Macadam's Green file).
According to Piccione, two from near TT 121 (Piccione 2017: 261 and 266 n. 41. Note that he mistakenly states the cone has been unpublished).
Remarks:
Piccione asserts that Iahmose obtained the title Hm-nTr snnw n jmn-ra, which appears on # 300, before later acquiring the title Hm-nTr tpj n jmn m Hnkt-anx, inscribed on # 297 (Piccione 2017: 260-261, 267). This suggests that # 300 was produced slightly earlier than # 297, though both were created almost simultaneously during the reign of Amunhotep II. The similar craftsmanship and inscription style on both cones indicate they were evidently crafted by the same person. It is possible that cone # 234 was created during the lifetime of Iahmose, although he would already have been promoted to the Hm-nTr snnw n jmn-ra at the time of its construction, given the size of the tomb. This leads to the question of whether Iahmose had only one cone (# 234) whose inscription does not mention his main title during his lifetime. This is a matter that requires further investigation.
(With the exception of the side pillars at the entrances to the transverse hall and inner hall), titles of lower rank are inscribed in the early phase of the tomb's construction, while titles of higher rank appear toward the end of the inner hall's construction. This progression roughly reflects the advancement in rank of the tomb owner as the construction of the tomb proceeded (Piccione 2017: 260-261). In this sense, it can be inferred that the tomb owner rose in rank throughout the entire period of the tomb’s construction.
See also 05-007 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-088, 089, 090, & 110 in his DALEX file 2.
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