283
Daressy #: 141
Owner: TT 84 Iamunedjeh
Reasons: Inscription and provenience
Transliteration: wHmw-nswt tpj jmj-rA rwyt jAm-nDH mAa-xrw
Translation: Fist king's herald, overseer of the law court, Iamunedjeh.
Date: T. III – A. II
Length: --
Colours: --
Findspots:
Unknown examples from TT 64, TT 81, and TT 84(01-158 in Davies's notebook).
Three from TT 99 (Strudwick and Strudwick 2016: 53).
Five from TT 85 and in the area of AU6000 (Loprieno-Gnirs 2021: 158, n. 40).
107 from TT 84 and the K-453- area. Loprieno-Gnirs also reports that the DAI has recovered 486 Iamunedjeh cones, along with 241 bricks from the TT 84 tomb complex. The LHTT project led by her has also unearthed 168 cones, as well as 108 bricks from AU1000 and tomb -555- thus far (Loprieno-Gnirs 2021: 74; 158, notes 41 and 42).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is the same as that of # 34 and # 281. Whether or not our Iamunedjeh was also the owner of # 548 is unclear. Positive researchers may point out that his name was too rare to find other Iamunedjehs. They may also argue that Iamunedjeh of TT 84 had a sS-nswt title (cf. Virey 1891: 340), which is inscribed on # 548. On the contrary, # 548 is not reported to have been found near TT 84. See 'Remarks' section of # 548, however, for a possible clue to solve this problem.
According to Loprieno-Gnirs, Iamunedjeh initially held tomb # 281, then # 34, and finally # 283. This is evidenced by the fact that # 281 only refers to Iamunedjeh as 'wHmw-nswt', while on # 34, this title is preceded by 'jmj-rA rwyt', and on # 283, he is now 'wHmw-nswt tpj jmj-rA rwyt' (Loprieno-Gnirs 2021: 75). This argument is convincing and explains the hierarchical order of titles during his time.
A considerable quantity of # 281 were retrieved from the forecourt of K-453-. On the other hand, the most commonly found # 34 were located in the courtyard of TT 84. According to Loprieno-Gnirs (Loprieno-Gnirs 2021: 75), this fact led to the belief that K-453- was the initial burial ground of Iamunedjeh, and TT 84 was the second tomb. Notably, Elina Grothe had previously implied the relationship between K-453- and # 281 (Gnirs el al. 1997 [MDAIK 53]: 74).
See also 05-006 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-045, 046, 102, & 109 in his DALEX file 2.