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Daressy #: 80
Owner: Kaemamun (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Asasif or Dra Abul Naga)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: xtmw-bjtj Hm-nTr 4 nw n jmn kA-m-jmn mAa-xrw
Translation: Seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, fourth prophet of
Amun, Kaemamun justified.
Date: A. II (de Buck 1957-1958 [JEOL 15]: 9).
Length: 19 cm (KMKG-MRAH: E.3989), 22.9 cm (von Droste zu Hülshoff and Schlick-Nolte 1984: 2291), 24.3 cm (BM: EA 62676), 24.7 cm (CAA 1991: # 3094)
Colours: White face and burnt coloured body (2.5YR 5/6 (BM: EA 62676)). Red face (01-098 in Davies's notebook).
Findspots:
One from Ramesseum (01-098 in Davies's notebook and 04-074 in Macadam's Green file).
Several from Asasif to Dra Abul Naga (Werbrouck 1958 [Cd’É 33]: 223).
One from TT 29 (Tefnin & Bavay 2008 [ASAE 82]: 368).
Remarks:
Davies wrote that he might have seen a lintel of Kaemamun in a house close to TT 39 (01-098 in Davies's notebook).
Two statues of Kaemamun are known to exist, one of which is a statue group located in the Louvre (inv. no. 10.443). It depicts Kaemamun's second son, Aakheperreseneb (de Buck 1957-1958 [JEOL 15]).
De Buck noted that in many of Kaemamun's artefacts, the term 'Amen' had survived unscathed throughout the rule of Akhenaten (de Buck 1957-1958 [JEOL 15]: 9-10).
The Petrie Museum has a brick (LDUCE-UC37671).
It is notable that while both # 246 and # 590 refer to the owner as the fourth prophet of Amun, # 228 refers to him as the second prophet of Amun. This discrepancy does not necessarily indicate that # 228 was created last, as # 590 states that Kaemamun's sun is already the second prophet of Amun, while Kaemamun himself is the fourth. The precise cause of this reversal of social status between father and son remains uncertain.
Danilova reconstructed the genealogy of three individuals holding the title 'child of the kap': Usersatet, king's son of Kush, Qenamun (holder of cone # 187), and our Kaemamun. In her reconstruction, Kaemamun’s father is identified as the brother of Qenamun. However, this reconstruction remains hypothetical and involves substantial speculation. Further verification is required, particularly regarding chronological issues arising from the proposed coexistence of three generations during the reign of Amenhotep II (Danilova 2025).
See also 05-135 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-068, & 082 in his DALEX file 2.
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