418
Daressy #: --
Owner: TT 34 Montuemhat
Reasons: Inscription
Transliteration: jmAxy xr Asjr Hm-nTr 4 nw jmn mnTw-m-HAt mAa-xrw Hmt=f mrt=f rxt-nswt nbt pr wDA-rn=s mAat-xrw
Translation: Revered one before Osiris, fourth prophet of Amun, Montuemhat justified, his wife whom he loved, king's acquaintance, mistress of the house, Wdjarenes justified.
Date: 25th Dynasty Taharqa to 26th Dyn. Psamtik I.
Length: 21 cm (Pellegrini 1902: 46)
Colours: Face is painted white (ROM: 993X2.85). Some of other Montuemhat cones (# 419, # 420, # 461, # 472, # 485, # 486, and # 604) also exhibit a similar thick white layer. This practice was not exclusive to Montuemhat, but was also observed in the cases of other Late Dynasty officials, including TT 36 Ibi (# 450, # 451, # 610, and # 641/B.14), TT 410 Mutirdis (# 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608. # 48 and # 603), TT 196 Padihorresnet (# 515), and TT 279 Pabasa (# 92, # 468, and # 469). The presence of a thick white layer on the cones of these individuals suggests a potential influence from Montuemhat, who was the earliest active and powerful figure among the five.
Findspots:
Unknown examples from TT 103 (Davies speculated that Copts had transferred here. Davies 1913a: 30-31).
Unknown examples from around TT 386 at Asasif (Arnold and Settgast 1965 [MDAIK 20]: 61).
# 418–420 are extensively dispersed throughout the Theban Necropolis (Dziobek 1994: 42).
One of # 418-420 from TT 61 (Dziobek 1994: 42).
Two from TT 34 (Nasr 1997: 219-222).
One from TT 47 area (Kondo 2017, October 29).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 409, # 410, # 411, # 419, # 420, # 449, # 460, # 461, # 472, # 473, # 485, # 486, # 604, and # 656/B.29.
Of the 15 known types of seal impressions, 11 (# 411, # 418, # 419, # 420, # 449, # 461, # 472, # 485, # 486, # 604, and # 656/B.29) are certain to be authentic and to have existed. The dimensions, design, text content, and handwriting of the # 411, # 418, # 419, # 420, # 449, # 461, # 472, # 485, and # 486 suggest that the maker of them is the same indivisual. However, it is unclear whether they were produced simultaneously or at different points in time. Montuemhat is known to have had three wives, each of whom is represented by a cone # 418, # 419, # 420, # 472, and # 485. If Montuemhat married the three wives simultaneously, it is possible that these cones were made at the same time. However, if he married the three wives sequentially, it is possible that each cone was created in the order of the marriages, or they might have been made simultaneously after he married the third wife.
An example held at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto features a band around its 'neck' (ROM: 993X2.85).
See also 01-237 in Davies's notebook, 05-038 & 066 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-063, 068, 101, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.