598
Daressy #: 257 and 295
Owner: Amunemhat (tomb undiscovered)
Reasons: --
Transliteration: jmj-rA pr jmj-rA jmjw-xnt n dwAt-nTr jmn-m-HAt jmj-rA [pr?] jmj-rA jmjw-xnt n dwAt-nTr jmn-m-HAt
Translation: Steward, overseer of the chamberlains of divine adoratress, Amunemhat, steward (?), overseer of the chamberlains of divine adoratress, Amunemhat.
Date: --
Length: 7.7 digits (MET: 30.6.40); 8.7 digits (Crevatin and Vidulli Torlo 2013: 64).
Colours: White (MFA # RES.72.334, # RES.72.335).
Findspots:
One from Dra Abul Naga (Heyler 1959 [Kêmi 15]: 87 n. 2).
One from the Medinet Habu. This could be other type of cones since it is too damaged to read the text (Teeter et al. 2003: 186, Pl. 101b).
One from Asasif (Budka 2010: 318, 740).
Remarks:
# 376, # 395, and # 598 share a design characteristic of the later period. On closer inspection, however, they differ in design. One with human figures in a square outline, another with tiny light signs in a circular outline, and another with relatively bold signs. It is unclear whether they were made by the same person, in what order, and why Amunemhat had three different cones.
According to Heyler, it is a bird that is at the upper left corner (Heyler 1959 [Kêmi 15]: 93).
There appears to be examples stamped on both the circular and on the rectangular faces (Davies MSS in the Griffith Institute; MFA # RES.72.334, # RES.72.335).
Some of the funerary cones from the period subsequent to the New Kingdom appear to be shorter than those from the New Kingdom. For additional examples of shorter cones from the later period, see # 3, # 483, and # 609. However, it is challenging to identify any discernible trends in length (cf. Length & Width).
See also 01-292 in Davies's notebook, 05-016 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-049 & 095 in his DALEX file 2.