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Daressy #: 159
Owner: TT 197 Padineith
Reasons: Inscription and provenience.
Transliteration: jrj-pat HAtj-a jmj-rA pr wr n dwAt-nTr pA-dj-nt mAat-xrw sA n mry-nTr psm-Tk mAat xrw jrjt.n nb(t)-pr [...] mAa-xrw
Translation: Hereditary noble, mayor, chief steward of divine adoratress, Padineith justified, son of the one beloved of the god, Psamtik justified, born of the mistress of the house, [...] justified.
Date: 26th Dyn. Iahmose II (Eigner 1984: 75)
Length: 24.8 x 14.4 x 4.3 digits (Eigner 1984: 76), 9.8 digits (MET: 97.4.4).
Colours: Red (Pellegrini 1902: 43).
Findspots:
One from Asasif (MET: 97.4.4).
One from near TT 284 (cf. No. 1896 in the object register book entitled 'D. A. N. 1486-1899' housed in the Penn Museum).
Each example from near TT 121 and TT 103, respectively (01-197 in Davies's notebook).
Unknown examples from around TT 386 at Asasif (Arnold and Settgast 1965 [MDAIK 20]: 61).
Two from the foot of TT 197's pylon (Eigner 1984: 110).
Two from TT 27 (Bosticco 1994 [Vicino Oriente 9]: 127).
Many from TT 197 (Gomaá 2004 [Memnonia 15]: 194-195).
Four from Asasif (Budka 2010: 311 and 740).
Two from the 'Areal E' in Dra Abul Naga (Kruck 2012: 110).
Two from the MMA 1152 (Kopp 2014). Górecki suggests that these two were subsequently repurposed as stoppers for amphorae (Górecki 2014: 142, 144).
One from TT 47 area (Kondo 2017, October 29).
Remarks:
There is a brick type (Eigner 1984: 76-78).
There also is a bone-shaped type (MET: 97.4.4). Another cone of the same type, # 378, is also known to be from a period later than the New Kingdom.
Eigner proposes that the two instances he discovered might have been incorporated into the pylon wall and subsequently the cones collapsed along with the wall. Upon locating the cones at the base of the pylon, Eigner infers that the cones have remained in their original position and have not shifted since their descent (Eigner 1984: 110).
According to Vittmann's research, Padineith was the son-in-law of TT 27 Sheshonq, who possessed # 444 and # 445. Sheshonq, in turn, was the son of Horsaaset, who had # 436 and # 437 (Vittmann 1978: 134-138).
Numerous cones from the 26th Dynasty also bear the title 'jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr'. These cones share a genealogical connection as they follow the same line of succession. Padineith's likely son-in-law, Sheshonq, the owner of cones # 444 and # 445, was part of this lineage (Vittmann 1978: 134-138). Sheshonq's forerunner was Ankhhor, who belonged to TT 414. However, he did not have any cones, as the tomb's superstructure was likely never completed (Vivó 2022: 323). Padihorresnet from TT 196, the owner of cones # 515 and # 609, preceded Ankhhor. Pabasa, who resided in TT 279, held cones # 92, # 468, and # 469 and was the predecessor of Padihorresnet (Vittmann 1977 [SAK 5]: 254). It is highly likely that Ibi, Padihorresnet's father, was the predecessor of Pabasa and held cones # 450, # 451, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16 in TT 36 (Lichtheim 1948 [JNES (7(3))]: 165). However, # 451 and # 641/B.14 may refer to the same cone, as seen in the 'Image Gallery' section of both cones.
See also 05-053, 056, 057, & 140 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-049, 056, 061, 095, 104, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.