39
Daressy #: 58
Owner: Tahersechaenef (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Dra Abul Naga)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: jmAxy xr Asjr jrj bnrt n jmn tA-Hr-sTA-n=f mAa-xrw
Translation: Revered one before Osiris, keeper of the date wine of Amun, Tahersechaenef justified.
Date: --
Length: 14.1 cm (BM: EA 26567)
Colours: Very red face and the stem (01-069 in Davies's notebook).
Findspots:
One from TT 11 (01-069 in Davies's notebook and 03-010 in Macadam's Red file).
One from TT 112 (01-069 in Davies's notebook and 03-010 in Macadam's Red file. Note that, according to Davies, this may be the same example found in TT 11 mentioned above).
Unknown examples from the southern Dra Abul Naga (Northampton etc. 1908: 4, Pls. 2, 25. Exact location unknown. cf. Delgado 2005 [BAEDE 15]: 92).
Seven from TT 11–12 area (Galán and Borrego 2006 [Memnonia 17]: 205).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 9.
The contents of the inscription on both cones, # 9 and # 39, is almost identical, with the exception of the mention of the father of the owner in the former. The two texts exhibit disparate writing habits, specifically with regard to spelling, which suggests that they were created by different individuals. However, the reason for the need for the two similar cones, and the order of their creation remain unclear. These are matters for further investigation.
He is also the owner of a red stela in the Nicholson Museum of the University of Sydney (inventory # R8. van Dijk 2006).
As for the date, van Dijk states 'the later part of the 18th Dynasty, before the Amarna Period. [snip] sometime during the reigns of Amenhotep II, Thutmosis IV, or Amenhotep III. [snip] in the second half of this period' (van Dijk 2006: 297).
See also 05-142 in his DALEX file 1, and 06-047, 048, & 051 in his DALEX file 2.