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Daressy #: 263
Owner: Aamy
Reasons: --
Transliteration: dwA jmn-ra xft wbn=f Hr jAbtj jn jmAx TAy-sryt n mry-jmn Hsy n nTr nfr jrj-pat sA-nswt tpj n jmn Hr jmj-wrt jmj-xt n kA-mwt=f wab aAmy mAa-xrw xr Asjr
Translation: Praising Amunre when rising in the east by revered one, standard-bearer (of the boat) 'Meryamun', praised one of the good god, hereditary noble, first king's son of Amun in the west, follower of Kamutef, wab-priest, Aamy, justified before Osiris.
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Findspots:
One from TT 286 (cf. the object card for the inv. no. 1664/29-86-698 housed in the Penn Museum).
One from the monastery at Deir el-Bakhit in Dra Abul Naga (Kruck 2012: 137).
Remarks:
Initially, I believed that Aamy was the same person who had TT 94 and its cones (# 200 and # 248). This was due to the fact that the title 'standard-bearer (of the boat) 'Meryamun'' was also held by Nebamun of TT 90 (D. & M. # 398) who was active during the reign of Thutmose IV – Amunhotep III (Zenihiro 2009: 222-223). Since Aamy was performing the same job on the same boat as Nebamun, it is highly likely that they were contemporaries. Ramose (Aamy) of TT 94 was the only candidate for the position at that time. He was active during the reign of Thutmose III - Amunhotep II. The inscription from his tomb indicates that he was 'TAy-xw Hr wnmj (fan-bearer at the right of the king)' and 'Hsy n nTr nfr (praised one of the good god)' (Helck 1984 [Urk IV]: 1465). TT 90 and TT 94 were closely situated to each other, suggesting that they were built at a similar time. In addition, Didw, the owner of tomb # 22 and a captain of 'Meryamun', was entombed at TT 200 during the reigns of T. III and A. II. This information is consistent with situations regarding Aamy.
However, I now hold a different opinion for the following reasons: the inscription contains characters from a later period, such as a worshipping figure and the sentence beginning with the dwA-sign. Additionally, if this cone is intended for TT 94, the text should be facing rightward, as the façade of TT 94 faces south. Therefore, the morning sun would have risen from the right for someone standing against the façade. The worshipper depicted on the cone is facing left, suggesting that the cone was intended for a tomb that faces north. Additionally, the data from the find spots above do not provide any evidence that our cone was intended for TT 94. For further reasons that refute the connection between our cone and TT 94, see Vivó 2022: 382.
See also 01-282 in Davies's notebook, 05-033 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-029, 041, 042, 061, 070, 092, 096, & 098 in his DALEX file 2.