538
Daressy #: --
Owner: TT 59 Qen
Reasons: Inscription and provenience of # 539.
Transliteration: Hm-nTr tpj n mwt nbt jSrw qn mAa-xrw
Translation: First prophet of Mut, lady of Isheru, Qen, justified.
Date: T. III
Length: --
Colours: Davies states that Czerny once bought one with a blue painted face (01-250 in Davies's notebook).
Findspots:
Unknown examples from TT 161 (01-250 in Davies's notebook).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 539.
The reason for Qen possessing two types of cones is uncertain. Findspots data indicate that # 538 was discovered in Dra Abul Naga, whereas # 539 was located in TT 59 along with its neighboring tomb, TT 60. This suggests that Qen may have had two distinct tombs, and each set of cones was crafted for one of the two tombs, respectively. Furthermore, it is evident that the manufacturer of the two cones was dissimilar due to the dissimilar handwriting on each of them.
Davies once possessed a brick (01-250 in Davies's notebook).
Černý purchased a specimen with a blue painted face (01-250 in Davies's notebook). The occurrence of blue painted cones is uncommon. Similar cases we have identified include # 100, # 204, # 228, # 292, # 504, # 538, # 559, # 587, and # 650/B.23.
See also 05-132 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-066, 102, & 109 in his DALEX file 2.