292

Daressy #: 150

Owner: Meni (tomb perhaps at Qurna)

Reasons: --

Transliteration: Asjr sS mnfyt n nb tAwj mnj

Translation: Osiris, army scribe of the lord of the Two Lands, Meni.

Date: 

Length: 9.3 digits (Ivanov 2021: 42, 55), About 10.7 digits (Dziobek 1992: 114).

Colours: There is an example with blue face (accident? 01-177 in Davies's notebook). The entire body was painted white (Ivanov 2021: 39).

Findspots:

• One from TT 60 (01-177 in Davies's notebook).

• One from wadi of TT 71 (01-177 in Davies's notebook).

• Several from TT 230 (01-177 in Davies's notebook).

• One from the court of TT 23 (it might not be # 292. Collins 1976 [JEA 62]: 34).

• One (?) from the court of TT 81 (Dziobek 1992: 114–115).

• One from TT 29 (Tefnin & Bavay 2008 [ASAE 82]: 368).

• Three from TT 23 (Ivanov 2021: 42, 46).

Remarks: 

• Davies once had a brick (01-177 in Davies's notebook).

• CG 901 is a headless statue from the 18th dynasty and belonged to a certain official called Men, who held the titles of sS mnfyt, sS-nswt, and sS nfrwt (Borchardt 1930: 145). Therefore, it can be assumed that our Meni was the statue's owner. These three titles were also held by Tjanuni of TT 74, who was active during the reign of Thutmose IV, suggesting that both of them lived during the same era.

• Previous literature has tentatively suggested that the tomb of Meni is TT 230 (with the first reference being found in 01-177 in Davies's notebook). The owner of the tomb, however, can only be inferred from this cone as the tomb has no inscriptions. Therefore, it is advisable not to assign the cone to the tomb without conclusive evidence.

• See also 05-063 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-058, 104, & 110 in his DALEX file 2.