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Daressy #: --

Owner: Neferrenpet (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Asasif.)

Reasons: --

Transliteration: wbA-nswt nfr-rnpt

Translation: Cup-bearer of the king, Neferrenpet.

Date: A. III (Geßler-Löhr 1990a: 57-60)

Length: --

Colours: --

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This seal impression was stamped twice on the cone face horizontally side by side (cf. BM: EA 62832 and MET: 15.10.30). For similar examples, see # 311 and # 338.
The cone is sufficiently wide to accommodate two seal impressions on the face. This indicates that the creator has deliberately crafted the face to be suitable for two stamps in advance. Some funerary cones have faces that align with the shape and size of the impression to be stamped (cf. # 341, # 592, etc.), while others do not (cf. # 45, # 331, # 344, # 406, etc), and our cone is the former.
Geßler-Löhr provides a comprehensive description of Neferrenpet's career (Geßler-Löhr 1990a). According to her research, Neferrenpet appears in the relief of Tjawy, which originated from Dra Abul Naga and is now exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (inv. no. 1972.651), as well as in a statue located in the Louvre (inv. no. E 14241). The text inscribed on the latter sculpture reveals that Neferrenpet held the title of wHmw (Moret 1919: 163) and also possessed wbA-nswt wab awj aA n at n nb tAwj jmj-rA pr (Moret 1919: 164). As Neferrenpet is depicted as a scribe, it is likely that he held this profession, despite the lack of any official scribal titles. For further information on both objects, refer to Kozloff 1992 and Bryan 1992, respectively.
See also 05-089 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-043 and 044 in his DALEX file 2.