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Daressy #: --
Owner: Meryre (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Dra Abul Naga)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: jmj-rA pr wr n nswt mry-ra
Translation: Chief steward of the king, Meryre.
Date: T. IV (Glanville 1932 [JEA 18]: 57, Pl. VII)
Length: --
Colours: --
Findspots:
11 from Dra Abul Naga (Gauthier 1908 [BIFAO 6]: 131–135).
One from below TT 121 (01-169 in Davies's notebook).
One from the court of the tomb -243- (Kampp 1996: 597).
One from TT 47 area (Kondo 2025, June).
Remarks:
One possible tomb to which this cone was attributed is TT 376. As previously stated, an example was discovered at the court of tomb -243-, which is shared by TT 376. This enabled Kampp to suggest that our cone might have been intended for TT 376 (Kampp 1996: 597). On the contrary, Hartwig states as follows: 'The author was able to visit the tomb in December 2000 and found the decoration to date earlier than Thutmose IV based on the bright yellow tone of the women’s skin. The poor quality of the decoration, meager size, and placement of TT 376 also strongly argues against the assignment of the tomb to Meryre, who held an exalted position in the court. The tomb of another chief steward, TT 76 belonging to Tjenuna, is lavishly appointed and one of the largest tombs constructed during the reign of Thutmose IV. Instead, the cone of Mr-R‘ in the forecourt of TT 376 may have strayed, or it may have originated from a nearby (undiscovered?) burial (Hartwig 2004: 133 n. 27)'. In other words, Hartwig contends that the individual who owned our cone during Thutmose IV's reign (as evidenced by the scribal palette below) did not own the tomb (-243-) that was not built during that period. I am inclined towards her proposition.
There are two statues of Meryre. One is catalogued as inv. no. SK-95 in the Aizrobežu mākslas muzejs in Riga, Latvia. The other statue reportedly sold at Christie's auction house. The inscriptions on the former statue indicate that Meryre held the titles of jmj-rA prwj nbw jmj-rA prwj-HD nbw jmj-rA pr (Bogoslovsky 1986: 38). Bogoslovsky proposed that the figure depicted in the statue was the same person whose two blocks were found in Vienna, while Berlev suggested that Meryre had been interred in a tomb in Saqqara-South after his promotion to a higher social position, from where the blocks were subsequently taken (Berlev 1988: 57). The text on the latter statue reads: jmj-rA pr wr n nswt DA-bA Dd.n=f Mry-ra mAa-xrw (cf. figure on the inside front cover of Minerva vol. 5-2 (March - April 1994); Sotheby's (New York) Sale Catalogue May 29, 1987 (Sale 5585 / Antiquities and Islamic Art), No. 22, figure).
Meryre's name and titles, along with Thutmose IV's cartouche, are inscribed on a scribe's palette with inv. no. 5512 at the British Museum (Glanville 1932 [JEA 18]: 57, Pl. VII).
See also 05-071 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-049, & 068 in his DALEX file 2.
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