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Daressy #: 195

Owner: Khaut (tomb undiscovered)

Reasons: --

Transliteration: Asjr wab n HAt jmn jdnw m pr jmn xAwt mAa-xrw snt=f mr[t]=f Smayt n jmn nbt pr tA-[nt]-mwt mAa-xrw

Translation: Osiris, front wab-priest of Amun, deputy in the house of Amun, Khaut justified, his wife whom he loved, musician of Amun, mistress of the house, Ta[net]mut justified.

Date: T. IV or later (The representation of 'mAa-xrw' by a lotus flower is dated to this period. Geßler-Löhr 1990b [GM 116])?

Length: 21 cm (Stewart 1986: 47), 20.9 cm (BM: EA 62806)

Colours: --

Findspots:

• One from the temple of Seti I, south-east of Dra Abul Naga (Myśliwiec 1987: 181).

Remarks: 

• For more vivid image, see Heyler 1959 [Kêmi 15]: 91, Pl. XIV.

• For the reading of the lotus sign which is inscribed at the end of the sentence, see Geßler-Löhr 1990b [GM 116].

• Bryan highlighted the potential likeness of the person who owned this cone to that of an individual depicted on a stela from the era of Thutmose IV, currently displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (CGC 34021. Lacau 1909: 41-42, Pl. XII), despite the unequal titles held by each figure.

• See also 01-229 in Davies's notebook, 05-112, 113, & 138 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-034, 041, 042, 085, & 099 in his DALEX file 2.

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