404
Daressy #: --
Owner: Semen (his tomb is perhaps at Deir el-Medina)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: jmAxy xr Asjr smn mAa-xrw
Translation: Revered one before Osiris, Semen justified.
Date: --
Length: --
Colours: --
Findspots:
Two from Deir el-Medina (01-244 in Davies's notebook).
Two from the mountain of Deir el-Medina (Gauthier 1908 [BIFAO 6]: 186).
Two from the west of 'Spéos nord' (Bruyère 1924: 62).
Three from TT 325 (Bruyère 1925: 101-102).
Five from the dumped soil near TT 325 (Bruyère 1925: 102-104).
Six from the shaft n˚ 1089, located about 10 metres north-east of TT 325 (one of which is a brick. Bruyère 1927: 53-56).
Two from the n˚ 1153–1155, located on the north of TT 325 and from n˚ 1156, located 10 metres south of TT 325 (north of TT 250. Bruyère 1929: 29-34).
Three from n˚ 1301–1302 area, located about 10 metres north of TT 325; one example was unearthed from n˚ 1322–1325 area, located about 20 metres south-east of TT 325 (Bruyère 1937: 12, 63).
Two from 'E 10' (n˚ 1301. Anthes 1943 [MDAIK 12]: 64, 66). Anthes states that the cones are ÄM 21556, housed in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (see 'Image Gallery' section below), but the the cone consists of one, not two specimens).
One from the dumped soil of Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1953: 83. However, there is a small difference between # 404 and the signs reported by Bruyère).
Remarks:
Bruyère suggested in 1925 that TT 325 was the tomb of Semen on the basis of its provenance. However, in 1926, six cones of Semen as well as a fragment of his stela and a piece of wooden furniture were discovered at n˚ 1089, leading him to abandon his theory (Bruyère 1927: 51-56). PM I-1 attributes Semen to TT 325 (PM I-1: 396), but PM I-2 does to n˚ 1089 (PM I-2: 686). On the contrary, Vivó considers Semen's tomb to be TT 325 (Vivó 2022: 354).
See also 05-122 & 123 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-106 in his DALEX file 2.