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Daressy #: 203
Owner: TT 34 Montuemhat
Reasons: Inscription
Transliteration: jmAxy xr Asjr Hm-nTr 4 nw jmn mnT (w)-m-HAt mAa-xrw Hmt=f mry=f rxt-nswt nbt pr Sp-n-mwt 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, Shepenmut justified.
Date: 25th Dynasty Taharqa to 26th Dyn. Psamtik I.
Length: --
Colours: Some are white, while others are red or reddish brown (cf. 'Image Gallery' section below). White, often in a thick layer (cf. 'Image Gallery' section below). Additionally, some of other Montuemhat cones (# 418, # 419, # 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:
One from Deir el Bahari (MET: 97.4.3).
# 418-420 are extensively dispersed throughout the Theban Necropolis (Dziobek 1994: 42).
One from TT 34 (Nasr 1997: 219-220).
One from TT 297 (Strudwick 2003: 22).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 409, # 410, # 411, # 418, # 419, # 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, textual content, and inscription style 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.
See also 01-237 in Davies's notebook, 05-066 & 131 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-063, 068, 101, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.
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