548

Daressy #: 231

Owner: TT 84 Iamunedjeh

Reasons: Inscription

Transliteration: sS wdHw jmj-rA Snwt t jAm-nDH

Translation: Scribe of the offering-table, overseer of the granary of bread, Iamunedjeh.

Date: --

Length: --

Colours: --

Findspots:

• One from the well of TT 39 (01-259 in Davies's notebook).

Remarks:

• Our Iamunedjeh was the owner of TT 84 and subsequently # 34, # 281, and # 283. Although this cone has not been reported to have been found near TT 84, his name is too rare to find other Iamunedjehs and the two tiles on this cone are written on the walls of TT 84 (Loprieno-Gnirs 2021: 85).

• According to Loprieno-Gnirs, Iamunedjeh initially held # 281, then # 34, # 283, and finally # 548. This is evidenced by the fact that # 281 only refers to Iamunedjeh as 'wHmw-nswt', while on # 34, this title is preceded by 'jmj-rA rwyt', and on # 283, he is now 'wHmw-nswt tpj jmj-rA rwyt'. The titles on # 548, sS wdHw and jmj-rA Snwt t, appear to have been of a higher rank, suggesting that # 548 was likely the last to be made (Loprieno-Gnirs 2021: 75-76). This idea is convincing and this order explains well the hierarchy of titles in his time.

• The most peculiar and intriguing fact is that the last cone owned by Iamunedjeh, # 548, has not been found at all around TT 84 or its vicinity. Despite the other three types of cones being discovered in large quantities, and although # 548 bears the most prestigious title, which one would expect the deceased to display prominently, not a single example of this cone has been found near TT 84, and only one instance has been discovered elsewhere. 

• See also 05-006 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-048, 087, & 092 in his DALEX file 2.

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