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Daressy #: --

Owner: Aanetjer (buried in the 12th Dynasty tomb at Ed-Dêr)

Reasons: From its provenience.

Transliteration: sS nTr dj Hwt-nTr n Hwt-Hr nbt agn aA-nTr

Translation: God's scribe who gives the temple of Hathor / God's scribe who gives the temple to Hathor, mistress (?) of Agen, Aanetjer.

Date: The Middle Kingdom?

Length: --

Colours: --

Findspots:

• This cone was discovered alongside # 347 at the site of two tombs believed to have belonged to high-ranking officials from the 12th Dynasty. The site is located at Ed-Dêr, on the east bank of the Nile, three kilometers north of Esna. Surrounding the tombs, the ground was filled with similar cones (Sayce 1905 [ASAE 6]: 163-164).

Remarks: 

• This cone and # 347 appear to have originated from the tombs above. The similarities in the names and titles suggest that the owners were most likely brothers.

• Daressy believed that 'Agen' was located near Matan (Daressy 1888 [Rec. trav. 10]: 140-141), a theory later supported by Sayce due to the proximity of Ed-Dêr to Matan. Additionally, Daressy noted that the name 'Agen' is still present in the name of the Wadi, Gin (Sayce 1905 [ASAE 6]: 164).

• Colleen Manassa, Director of the Yale University Moalla Survey Project, asserts that the project-designated site 'M08-09/S1' is a part of Agen (Manassa 2010: 40).

• See also 01-250 in Davies's notebook, 05-031 & 032 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-081 & 099 in his DALEX file 2.

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