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Daressy #: --
Owner: TT 121 Iahmose
Reasons: Inscription and provenience
Transliteration: Hm-nTr tpj n jmn m Hnkt-anx jaH-ms
Translation: First prophet of Amun in the mortuary temple of Thutmose III, Iahmose.
Date: Amunhotep II (this cone (as well as # 300, since the designs of both are almost the same, indicating they share the same producer) was made posthumously. Piccione 2017: 260-261, 267, and 274-275).
Length: --
Colours: --
Findspots:
Four from TT 252 (Davies 1913b (PBSA 35): 283).
Four, four, and one example were from TT 103, TT 252, and TT 71 respectively (01-165 in Davies's notebook).
Two in the Metropolitan Museum of Art were from near TT 103 (15.10.8 and 28.3.28).
Remarks:
The wife was Xkrt-nswt Ra-y and the sons were Hm-nTr tpj n jmn n mn-xpr-ra m Hnkt-anx Re (owner of TT 72), Xrj-Hbt tpj n jmn Amunhotep, Hm-nTr tpj n jmn [...] XX, and Hm-nTr tpj n jmn Nebamun (Helck 1956 [Urk IV]: 1457-1459).
Piccione asserts that Iahmose obtained the title Hm-nTr snnw n jmn-ra, which appears on # 300, before later acquiring the title Hm-nTr tpj n jmn m Hnkt-anx, inscribed on # 297 (Piccione 2017: 260-261, 267). This suggests that # 300 was produced slightly earlier than # 297, though both were created almost simultaneously during the reign of Amunhotep II. The similar craftsmanship and inscription style on both cones indicate they were evidently crafted by the same person. It is possible that cone # 234 was created during the lifetime of Iahmose, although he would already have been promoted to the Hm-nTr snnw n jmn-ra at the time of its construction, given the size of the tomb. This leads to the question of whether Iahmose had only one cone (# 234) whose inscription does not mention his main title during his lifetime. This is a matter that requires further investigation.
(With the exception of the side pillars at the entrances to the transverse hall and inner hall), titles of lower rank are inscribed in the early phase of the tomb's construction, while titles of higher rank appear toward the end of the inner hall's construction. This progression roughly reflects the advancement in rank of the tomb owner as the construction of the tomb proceeded (Piccione 2017: 260-261). In this sense, it can be inferred that the tomb owner rose in rank throughout the entire period of the tomb’s construction.
sS Hwt nTr jt-nTr jmj-rA jHw HAtj-a Hm-nTr tpj n jmn Iahmose called twr, who was mentioned in Champollion's work (Champollion 1844: 78), could potentially be our Iahmose.
See also 05-007 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-031, 032, 066, 099, 103, & 109 in his DALEX file 2.
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