608

Daressy #: --

Owner: TT 410 Mutirdis

Reasons: Inscription and provenience

Transliteration: Hrj Smsw n dwAt-nTr mwt-jr-dj=s mwt=s Smst n dwAt-nTr Smt-snf

Translation: Chief of the followers of the divine adoratress, Mutirdis, her mother, follower of the divine adoratress, Shemetsenef.

Date: Psamtik I (Assmann 1977: 9).

Length: --

Colours: 7.5YR6/4 (Budka 2010: 740). A notable proportion of the cones for our Mutirdis are painted white, often in a thick layer (cf. the 'Image Gallery' section of # 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608). The same style is evident in the cones owned by TT 34 Montuemhat (# 418, # 419, # 420, # 461, # 472, # 485, # 486, and # 604), TT 196 Padihorresnet (# 515), TT 36 Ibi (# 450, # 451, # 610, and # 641/B.14), as well as those owned by TT 279 Pabasa (Ibi's successor who held # 92 and # 468, and # 469). The five figures lived in almost the same period, and there seems to have been a potential influence from Montuemhat, who was the earliest active and powerful figure among the five.

Findspots:

• Unknown examples from around TT 386 at Asasif (Arnold and Settgast 1965 [MDAIK 20]: 58).

• 10 from the second court of TT 410 (Arnold and Settgast 1966 [MDAIK 21]: 83).

• Unknown examples from the Austrian concession in Asasif (Eigner 1984: 110).

• One from Medinet Habu (Teeter et al. 2003: 186).

• One from Asasif (Budka 2010: 318, 740).

Remarks: 

• There is disagreement among researchers regarding the identity of the owner of this cone. Some argue that it belongs to 'tA-KApwt' and 'Smt-m-xt=f' (Peterson 1986: 9; Teeter et al. 2003: 186; Budka 2010: 311). However, based on the drawing by Assmann, which shows a clearer figure stamped on the rectangular face (Assmann 1977: 16; cf. Graefe 1981: 95), I read the name as above.

• The owner ascribed is identical to those of # 48, # 387, and # 603. Among them, # 48 and # 603 had found from the first (eastern) court of TT 410 while # 387 and # 608 were from the second (western) one (Arnold and Settgast 1966 [MDAIK 21]: 83). If one looks all the four types closely, one can find that each four are designed differently in respect to two aspects: outline shape and existence of figures. # 48 has a square outline without figured decoration, # 387 has a circular outline without figured decoration, # 603 has a circular outline with figured decoration, and # 608 has a square outline with figured decoration. Then among the four, as mentioned above, Mutirdis divided them into two groups (# 48 - # 603 and # 387 - # 608) as if the two features were included in both groups. In other words, both groups have square, circular, figured, and non-figured cones. That implies that the four cones were made simultaneously.

• During the same period, additional officials possessing cones with various designs were TT 36 Ibi, who held # 450, # 451, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16 and TT 279 Pabasa, who possessed # 92 and # 469, and # 469.

• See also 01-292 in Davies's notebook, 05-061 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-085 & 094 in his DALEX file 2.

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