451
Daressy #: --
Owner: TT 36 Ibi
Reasons: Inscription
Transliteration: jrj-pat HAtj-a xtmw-bjtj smr watj n mrwt rx-nswt mAa mrj=f jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr jbj [sA] mry-nTr anx-Hr mAa-xrw
Translation: Hereditary noble, mayor, seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, sole and beloved companion, true king's acquaintance, his beloved, chief steward of the divine adoratress, Ibi, [son of the] one beloved of the god, Ankhhor justified.
Date: 26th Dynasty Psamtik I
Length: 18 cm (BM: EA 35665)
Colours: A notable proportion of the cones for our Ibi are painted white, often in a thick layer (cf. the 'Image Gallery' section of # 450, # 451, # 610, and # 641/B.14). The same style is evident in the cones owned by TT 34 Montuemhat (# 418, # 419, # 420, # 461, # 472, # 485, # 486, and # 604), TT 279 Pabasa (Ibi's successor who held # 92, # 468, and # 469), TT 196 Padihorresnet (# 515), as well as those owned by TT 410 Mutirdis (# 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608). The five figures lived in almost the same period, and there seems to have been a potential influence from Montuemhat, who was the earliest active and powerful figure among the five.
Findspots:
One from the temple of Seti I, south-east of Dra Abul Naga (Myśliwiec 1987: 181).
Two of # 450, # 451, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and/or # 643/B.16 were from the tomb -49- and its environs (Redford 2006: 158).
One from Asasif (Budka 2010: 740).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 450, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16. However, # 451 and # 641/B.14 may be the same cone. See the 'Image Gallery' section of both cones.
The rationale behind Ibi's decision to create five cones (# 450, # 451, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16) with strikingly similar designs and texts, as well as a sixth cone (# 610) that is entirely distinct in its visual presentation, remains unclear (cf. 'Remarks' section of # 450).
According to Lichtheim, Ibi is most likely the forerunner of TT 279 Pabasa, who possessed cones # 92, # 468, and # 469 (Lichtheim 1948 [JNES (7(3))]: 165). Padihorresnet, Ibi's son and owner of cones # 515 and # 609, then succeeded Pabasa (Vittmann 1977 [SAK 5]: 254). The Ankhhor from TT 414 followed Padihorresnet, but he did not possess any cones as the tomb's upper structure was likely never completed (Vivó 2022: 323). Next, Sheshonq, who owned # 444 and # 445 in TT 27, succeeded Ankhhor. Sheshonq's father, Horsaaset, owned # 436 and # 437. It is likely that Sheshonq was the father-in-law of Padineith, the owner of # 391 and TT 197 (Vittmann 1978: 134-138).
See also 01-215 in Davies's notebook, 05-008, 009, & 035 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-032, 056, 061, 063, 084, 095, 101, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.