457
Daressy #: --
Owner: Mehu (tomb undiscovered)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: Asjr jmj-rA rwyt mHw mAa-xrw xr nTr aA
Translation: Osiris, overseer of the law court, Mehu, justified before the great god.
Date: --
Length: --
Colours: --
Findspots: --
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 456.
The inscription on both cones, # 456 and # 457, is identical, as is the design, which is symmetrical. It can be concluded that the maker of the two cones is the same, and that they were created at the same time. It is likely that the two cones were set into the façade of the tomb in a symmetrical manner. This would suggest that one cone was positioned at the right half of the façade, while the other cone, bearing a different type, was set at the left half.
A Ramesside stela, currently preserved at the British Museum, may belong to Mahu (EA 1369). Additionally, the lost tomb C.12, possibly identified as -295- based on Kampp's numeration, could also have been his.
See also 01-227 in Davies's notebook, 05-072 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-061 in his DALEX file 2.