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Daressy #: 294
Owner: Kaemamun (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Asasif or Dra Abul Naga)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: xtmw-bjtj Hm-nTr 4 nw n jmn kA-m-jmn mAa-xrw sA=f Hm-nTr snnw n mn-xpr-ra s-qdnw
Translation: Seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, fourth prophet of Amun, Kaemamun justified, his son, second prophet of Thutmose III, Eskedenu.
Date: A. II (de Buck 1957-1958 [JEOL 15]: 9).
Length: 26 cm (LM: 16.4.61.114)
Colours: Brown (HM: GLAHM D.1925.64).
Findspots: --
Remarks:
Davies stated that he may have seen a lintel of Kaemamun in a house near TT 39 (01-098 in Davies's notebook).
Two statues of Kaemamun are known, one of which is a statue group housed in the Louvre (inv. no. 10.443) that depicts his second son, Aakheperreseneb (de Buck 1957-1958 [JEOL 15]).
De Buck notes that the word 'Amen' survived the reign of Akhenaten without damage in many of his items (de Buck 1957-1958 [JEOL 15]: 9-10).
It is notable that while both # 246 and # 590 refer to the owner as the fourth prophet of Amun, # 228 refers to him as the second prophet of Amun. This discrepancy does not necessarily indicate that # 228 was created last, as # 590 states that Kaemamun's sun is already the second prophet of Amun, while Kaemamun himself is the fourth. The precise cause of this reversal of social status between father and son remains uncertain.
Danilova reconstructed the genealogy of three individuals holding the title 'child of the kap': Usersatet, king's son of Kush, Qenamun (holder of cone # 187), and our Kaemamun. In her reconstruction, Kaemamun’s father is identified as the brother of Qenamun. However, this reconstruction remains hypothetical and involves substantial speculation. Further verification is required, particularly regarding chronological issues arising from the proposed coexistence of three generations during the reign of Amenhotep II (Danilova 2025).
The seal impression may have only been stamped on the pyramids or prisms, not on the cones (cf. HM: GLAHM D.1925.64; MMA: 90.6.252; PeM: LDUCE-UC37975). This may also apply to cones # 341, # 439, # 592, and # 599.
See also 01-295 in Davies's notebook, 05-116, 117, & 135 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-080 & 084 in his DALEX file 2.
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