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 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.