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Daressy #: 137
Owner: Neferhotep (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Qurna)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: Hm-ntr 4 nw n jmn nfr-Htp mAa-xrw, Hmt=f nbt pr jmn-Htp
Translation: Fourth prophet of Amun Neferhotep justified, his wife, mistress of the house Amunhotep.
Date: T. I - Hat (Neferhotep is seen in a wall of TT 345 as an elder brother of the owner of the tomb, which is dated T. I - Hat. (Lepsius 1849-1859 [LD Taf. III]: 9; Sethe 1906 [Urk IV: II]: 106). Auenmüller dates, however, to the reign of T. III for unknown reason (Auenmüller 2013: 941).
Length: 14.2 digits (NMS: A.1950.158), 14.4 digits (Pellegrini 1902: 146).
Colours: The core is dark and the exterior is covered with bright red pigment wash (Teeter et al. 2003: 177). Dark red coat (NpM: P 2002. Suková 2004: 94.).
Findspots:
One from outside TT 48 (01-154 in Davies's notebook).
One stored in TT 161 (? Illigible. 01-154 in Davies's notebook).
Unknown examples from Qurna and Khokhah (Mond 1905 [ASAE 6]: 94-95).
Unknown examples from TT 103 (Davies speculated that Copts had relocated to there, as stated in Davies 1913a: 30-31. One of them may be the one currently preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of art, 15.10.44).
One from the shaft in the court of TT 68 (Seyfried 1991: 93).
One from Medinet Habu (Teeter et al. 2003: 177).
Alongside # 302, many from TT 46 (Redford 2010: 368).
Remarks:
The ascribed owners are identical with those of # 301 and # 302.
I propose that Neferhotep had # 301 initially, followed by # 359, and ultimately # 302. My reasoning is that # 301 solely references Neferhotep, while in # 359, his wife's name is added to the margins (likely due to marriage). Furthermore, in # 302, the cones were remade with a tidy and neatly organised inscription. Even if the hypothesis is correct, it seems plausible that the three were created by the same individual, given the similarities between the three types, including the relatively long body and bold, clear signs (i.e. the same inscription style).
Neferhotep created a new cone upon marriage, as "marriage" served as motivation for making a new cone, though it did not seem to warrant constructing a new tomb (similar to Djehutynefer, who possessed cones # 176, # 492 and # 618/A.07). Since all three types of cones were unearthed from nearly the same location, it is likely they were placed within the same tomb. Although the tomb’s location may not have changed, it is possible that the tomb was expanded or its interior modified upon marriage. However, as the tomb of the deceased has not been discovered, nothing definitive can be confirmed.
See also 05-090 & 091 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-068 in his DALEX file 2.
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