469
Daressy #: 181
Owner: TT 279 Pabasa
Reasons: From the inscription and the provenience.
Transliteration: Asjr Hm-nTr jmn-ra nswt nTrw jmj-rA Hmw-nTr n nTrw tA Smaw jmj-rA Smaw mj-qd=s jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr pA-bA-sA sA mry-nTr pA-dj-bAst mwt=f nbt pr tA-snt-n-Hr mAa-xrw
Translation: Osiris, prophet of Amunre, the king of the gods, overseer of the prophets of Upper Land gods, overseer of whole Upper Egypt, chief steward, divine adoratress, Pabasa, son of the one of one beloved of the god, Padibaset, his mother, mistress of the house Tasenetenhor justified.
Date: 26th Dyn. Psamtik I.
Length: 9.1 digits (MET: 30.6.69), 9.3 digits (BM: EA 62721).
Colours: A notable proportion of the cones for our Pabasa are painted white, often in a thick layer (cf. the 'Image Gallery' section of # 92 and # 468). The same style is evident in the cones owned by TT 36 Ibi (Pabasa's predecessor), # 450, # 451, # 610, and # 641/B.14, as well as those owned by TT 410 Mutirdis, who held # 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608. Pabasa, Ibi, and Mutirdis lived in the same period and it seems probable that the three individuals exerted an influence on each other with regard to the design of the cones (cf the 'Remarks' section below).
Findspots:
Unknown examples from around TT 386 at Asasif (Arnold and Settgast 1965 [MDAIK 20]: 61).
One from TT 188 (Redford 1995: 68; Vivó and Costa 1998 [BSÉG 22]: 64).
Three examples of # 92 and # 469 or # 470 from TT 188 and TT 374 (One from the former and two from the latter. Redford 2006: 125, 151).
Unknown examples from TT 47 area (Kondo 2021: 123).
Remarks:
For the reading of the lotus sign which is inscribed at the end of the sentence, see Geßler-Löhr 1990b [GM 116].
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 92, # 468, and # 470, but # 470 actually has not existed. See 'Remarks' section on # 470 page.
# 92, # 468, and # 469 appear to have been created simultaneously since all three possess distinct styles despite their nearly identical content. During the same period, additional officials possessing cones with various designs were TT 36 Ibi who had # 450, # 451, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16 and TT 410 Mutirdis who held # 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608.
According to Lichtheim, Pabasa is almost certainly the successor of TT 36 Ibi who held cones # 450, # 451, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16 (Lichtheim 1948 [JNES (7(3))]: 164). Then, Padihorresnet, son of Ibi and owner of cones # 515 and # 609, is the successor of our Pabasa (Vittmann 1977 [SAK 5]: 254). Padihorresnet's successor was the Ankhhor from TT 414, but he did not have any cones, probably because the tomb’s superstructure was never finished (Vivó 2022: 323). Next, Ankhhor's successor was Sheshonq from TT 27, who had # 444 and # 445. Sheshonq's father Horsaaset had # 436 and # 437. Sheshonq probably was a father-in-law of TT 197 Padineith, an owner of # 391 (Vittmann 1978: 134-138).
See also 01-228 in Davies's notebook, 05-046, 047, 053, & 140 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-049, 056, 064, 065, 068, 085, 095, 105, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.