257
Daressy #: 147
Owner: TT 11 Djehuty
Reasons: Inscription and provenience
Transliteration: jmj-rA jHw n jmn HAtj-a DHwtj
Translation: Overseer of the cattle of Amun, mayor, Djehuty.
Date: Hat. (Vivó 2022: 378)
Length: 18 cm on average (Galán and Borrego 2006 [Memnonia 17]: 199).
Colours: 27 examples out of the findings of Spanish-Egyptian mission were white and 29 examples of them were red (Galán and Borrego 2006 [Memnonia 17]: 203). White on red slip (SK444-00-000).
Findspots:
Unknown examples from the southern Dra Abul Naga (Northampton etc. 1908: 4, Pls. 2, 24. Exact location unknown. cf. Delgado 2005 [BAEDE 15]: 92).
Each from TT 11 and TT 161 (01-161 in Davies's notebook).
97 from TT 11 – 12 area (Galán and Borrego 2006 [Memnonia 17]: 204).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 263.
The inscription on both cones, # 257 and # 263, is almost identical, as is the size and the design. It can be concluded that the maker of the two cones is the same, and that they were created at the same time.
The possessor had two incredibly rare examples: one with double heads, and another with triple heads. The previous is located in the Hunterian Museum of the University of Glasgow, with # 263 on its observer's left face and # 257 on the opposite face. On the other hand, the latter was first discovered by Northampton etc. (Northampton etc. 1908: 35) but later rediscovered by the Spanish-Egyptian mission, with # 257 on one of its faces. It remains uncertain which seal impression is stamped on the second and third face, as noted on Galán and Borrego 2006 [Memnonia 17]: 199.
According to Galán, this cone should be situated on the left half of the façade. This concept stemmed from two round-top stelae, which were situated on the right and left sides of the entrance to the inner part of the tomb respectively. Galán reasoned that because the right stela features a civil character with a biographical inscription and a practical administrative theme, # 263 was located on the right half. Whereas the left stela contains a more religious text, which led him to believe # 257 was situated on the left (Galán 2015: 184-185).
Certain examples showcase multiple concentric circles around the seal impression, while others portray a flat rim (cf. a picture taken by Project Djehuty).
The Musée Champollion in Figeac features a statue of jmj-rA kAt jmj-rA pr-HD n mnTw DHwtj (Dewachter 1986: 44-46). He may have been the same person as our Djehuty, as they share the same name, titles and the same date of Hatshepsut - Thutmose III. However, the former holds the title of "...n mnTw" while the latter holds the title of "...n jmn". If he is the same person, Djehuty may have had a son named Montunakht, whose inscribed title on the statue was Xrj-Hbt Hrj-tp m pr mnTw (chief lector-priest in the house of Montu). Montunakht probably owned a cone numbered # 357.
See also 05-149 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-031, 063, 101, & 109 in his DALEX file 2.