304
Daressy #: 142
Owner: Z1 Amunemopet
Reasons: --
Transliteration: Hrj-pDt jmj-rA nww jmn-m-jpAt
Translation: Chief bowman, overseer of hunters, Amunemopet.
Date: --
Length: 21.5 cm (BM: EA 62731), 22 cm (Stewart 1986: 30)
Colours: Red (MFA Boston: 72.1785). Red pigment is on the head as well as at the rear of the side of the body (ROM: 993X2.65. See also here).
Findspots:
One from TT 261 (01-158 in Davies's notebook).
Unknown examples stored in TT 161 (01-158 in Davies's notebook).
One from TT 260 (Nasr 1993 [SAK 20]: 202).
Three from Dra Abul Naga (Heyler 1959 [Kêmi 15]: 87 n. 2).
16 cones and one brick of # 304 and/or # 305 from the Tomb Z1 at Dra Abul Naga (Aglan 2020: 201-202, 206, 272-273, and 353-354). It is worth noting that page 206 specifies only 13 examples, as opposed to the previously stated 16+1. Vivó accounted for this discrepancy by suggesting that the excavators found a total of 13 conical cones, in addition to one brick with seal impressions of # 304 or # 305, as well as two cones of # 96 (Vivó 2022: 373. n. 40). However, the researchers discovered 17 examples of three cones (# 96, # 304, and # 305) in total, contrary to his assumption of 16 (as previously mentioned).
Remarks:
A text written at a wall and two fragments of a stela from Z1 indicates that the tomb was constructed for our Amunemopet (Aglan 2020: 32-33).
# 304 and # 305 of Amunemopet share a similar design, while # 96 differs both in design and content. It can be concluded that the two cones were created by the same person, as they are almost identical. However, it is currently unknown why the creator made two cones that are nearly identical. In contrast to the previous two, # 96 includes the phrase 'mAa-xrw' after the owner's name and mentions Huy, the owner's wife. It is suggested that # 96 was created after # 304 and # 305, possibly after Amunemopet's marriage, and even after his death.
Heyler personally examined the cone and determined that the letter nw in the first line corresponds not to U 21, but to U 19 on Gardiner's sign list (Heyler 1959 [Kêmi 15]: 89).
See also 05-013 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-055, & 060 in his DALEX file 2.