406
Daressy #: 207
Owner: TT 47 Userhat
Reasons: Inscription and provenience
Transliteration: jmAxy xr Asjr jmj-rA jpAt-nswt wsr-HAt mAa-xrw jr.n sAb nH mAa-xrw ms.n sn-nw nbt pr mrt=f mjAy mAat-xrw
Translation: Revered one before Osiris, overseer of the king's apartment, Userhat justified, born of sab, Neh justified, born of Sennu, mistress of the house whom he loves, Miay justified.
Date: A. III
Length: --
Colours: Red (Galán 1998: 43). Red (HM: GLAHM D.1925.65). Red slip on the face and base (Goddard 2012: '1951.41').
Findspots:
Almost 90 found by Rhind (Rhind 1862: 138). He reportedly witnessed the placement of this cone at TT 47 (PM: 87) but see Manniche 1988a: 199 n. 8.
Unknown examples from TT 47 (Carter 1903b [ASAE 4]: 178).
One from inside TT 23, some from the court of it (Collins 1976 [JEA 62]: 34).
One from Deir el-Medina (01-240 in Davies's notebook).
Unknown examples from TT 181 (01-240 in Davies's notebook).
Unknown examples from TT 253 (01-240 in Davies's notebook).
One from the court of TT 32 (Gaál 1993: 120, Pl. 31).
One from TT 253 area (Strudwick and Strudwick 1996: 103–104, 155).
88, including some bricks, from TT 47 area (Kondo 2017, October 29). Among them, five were found in situ (Kondo et al. 2016: 116-118).
12 from TT 47. Among them, one was a brick found in situ, and another was a hollow (Kond et al. 2017: 46, 48-51, 53).
127 from TT 47 area from 2007 to 2020 (Kondo 2021: 123).
Remarks:
Most of the specimens take the form of pyramids or prisms, however, there is one conical example mentioned in Kondo et al. 2013: 114-115. A particularly interesting specimen is the hollow type; it appears that the internal walls were created utilizing a turning wheel, despite possessing a rectangular exterior face (Kond et al. 2017: Fig. 8-1). Additional hollow cones can be found at 134, # 138, # 139, # 215, and # 550.
Vivó suggests that the internal cavity found in of # 139, # 406, and # 550 was not deliberate and may have been formed accidentally (Vivó 2022: 16, note 7).
An example held in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto features grid lines on its side (ROM: 993X2.82).
A prism-shaped specimen found during the TT 47 excavation bears two seal impressions on a different surface. This could have been utilized at a corner (Kondo et al. 2014: 49, Fig. 5-1).
See also 01-241 in Davies's notebook, 05-038, 058, 059, 093, & 128 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-028, 080, 101, & 110 in his DALEX file 2.