412
Daressy #: 208
Owner: Meryptah (tomb undiscovered)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: jmAxy xr Asjr jrj-pat HAtj-a sm m pr ptH wr xrp Hmwt m jwnw Smaw Hm-nTr m Hwt nb-mAat-ra mry-ptH mAa-xrw
Translation: Revered one before Osiris, hereditary noble, mayor, sem-priest in the house of Ptah, chief controller of craftsmen in Upper Egyptian Heliopolis ( = the High Priest of Ptah at Thebes. Wegner 2022: 280), prophet in the temple of Amunhotep III, Meryptah justified.
Date: A. III
Length: --
Colours: Coloured with red powdery pigment (Teeter et al. 2003: 178).
Findspots:
Unknown examples from the court of TT 64 (Mond 1905 [ASAE 6]: 96).
Unknown examples of bricks (# 412, 673/B.46, or 674/B.47) from around TT 66 (Winlock and Crum 1926: 17).
One brick from Medinet Habu (Teeter et al. 2003: 179).
One from TT 253 (01-241 in Davies's notebook).
Remarks:
The pottery label from Malqata (Hayes 1951 [JNES 10-2]: 98 – 99, fig. 19) and a stela, likely originating from Memphis, both feature the name Meryptah. The stela is split into two sections, with the upper part housed in Leiden (Bosse-Griffiths 1955 [JEA 41]: 56-63; Helck 1958 [Urk IV]: 1910-1912), and the lower part located in London (Petrie Museum: LDUCE-UC14463). Other objects in which he is definitely present include the basinophorous basin held in the Glencairn Museum and the cubit rod in a private collection (Inv. no. of the former is E1178. Wegner 2022).
The question of whether our Meryptah is the same individual as the other Meryptah, who owns # 673/B.46 and # 674/B.47, remains unresolved and is a matter of ongoing debate (Wegner 2022).
Concerning 'nb-mAat-ra', see Helck 1959: 372.
See also 05-069 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-061, 066, 075, 082, & 099 in Macadam's DALEX file 2.