588
Daressy #: --
Owner: Mehu (perhaps at Asasif)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: sAwtj pr-HD n nswt mHw
Translation: Guardian of the treasury of the king, Mehu.
Date: 19th dynasty (Redford 2013: 175-178).
Length: 12.5 digits (Stadler and Zauzich 2021: Textband p. 225, Tafelband Taf. 73).
Colours: --
Findspots:
Unknown examples of this type or # 587 from TT 188. Also, one or two of Mahu's cones from TT 192 (Davies 1923c: 136).
One from below TT 121 (= in or near TT 252? 01-284 in Davies's notebook).
A total of 33 (or 34?), as well as variants, from TT 188, -49-, and its environs (Redford 2013: 175, 179-180).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 587 and both cones have their respective variant types (Redford 2013: 179).
The design, findspots, and text content of # 587 and # 588 suggest that the maker of the two is the same and that they were created at the same time. # 587 may have been positioned on the left half of the façade, while # 588, which exhibits a symmetry to # 587, was set on the right half.
In Davies & Macadam's catalogue, Index A introduces the owner's title as sAwty-pr-HD and his name as (x?)nsw. However, in Index B of the same book, the owner's title is listed as sAwty pr-HD n nsw, and his name is (m)H.
A. Redford argues that the owner's tomb as -49- (Redford 2006: 102). One reason for this is that a fragment of a statue depicting Mahu and his wife Maita was found at the location (Ibid.: 221-222).
For more details about Mahu, see Redford 2013: 175-178.
See also 05-074 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-053 in his DALEX file 2.