437

Daressy #: 186

Owner: Horsaaset (tomb undiscovered. Perhaps at Asasif. Eigner suggests Horsaaset's tomb to be 'Grab XXI'. Eigner 1984: Abb. 83).

Reasons: --

Transliteration: jmj-rA jmjw-xnt n dwA-nTr mAA sStA Axt sS Hwt-nTr n Hmt-nTr rx-nswt Hr-sA-Ast mAa-xrw ms anw-TA mAa-xrw

Translation: Overseer of the chamberlains of divine adoratress, one who sees the secret of the morning, scribe of the temple of the god's wife, king's acquaintance, Horsaaset justified, born of Anutja justified.

Date: --

Length: --

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Findspots:

• Unknown examples from Asasif (Eigner 1984: 110).

• Three from Asasif (Budka 2010: 318, 738). 

Remarks: 

• The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 436.

• According to Borchardt etc., Jd'E 58311 in the EMC is a brick (Borchardt, Königsberger, and Ricke 1934 [ZÄS 70]: 33), but upon my personal inspection of the register book during a visit to the museum, I found that the object is not a brick but rather cone-shaped.

• According to Borchardt et al., Jd'E 58311 in the EMC is a "rundköpfige Friesziegel", a funerary cone whose body has a square cross-section but with a rounded head (Borchardt, Königsberger, and Ricke 1934 [ZÄS 70]: 33).

• The inscription on both cones, # 436 and # 437, is identical, as is the design. It can be concluded that the maker of the two cones is the same, and that they were created at the same time. However, the reason for the need for two almost identical cones, although slightly different, is unclear. This is a matter for further investigation.

• According to Vittmann, the son of Horsaaset was TT 27 Sheshonq, who had # 444 and # 445. He was probably a father-in-law of TT 197 Padineith, an owner of # 391 (Vittmann 1978: 134-138).

• Numerous cones from the 26th Dynasty bear 'jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr' titles and follow the same line of succession. Sheshonq's predecessor was Ankhhor, whose tomb, TT 414, lacked any cones likely because its superstructure was never completed (Vivó 2022: 323). Ankhhor's predecessor, Padihorresnet, owned cones # 515 and # 609 and came from TT 196. Padihorresnet was in succession to Pabasa from TT 279, who held cones # 92, # 468, and # 469 (Vittmann 1977 [SAK 5]: 254). Ibi, likely Pabasa's predecessor, owned several items in TT 36 according to Lichtheim (Lichtheim 1948 [JNES (7(3))]: 165). These items include # 450, # 451, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16.  It is worth noting that # 451 and # 641/B.14 may refer to the same cone, as shown in the 'Image Gallery' sections of both cones.

• See also 01-219 in Davies's notebook, 05-035 & 109 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-029, 031, 061, 065, 069, 070, 081, 095, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.

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