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 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. Pabasa, Ibi, and Mutirdis lived in the same period and it seems probable that the three individuals exerted an influence on each other with regard to the design of the cones (cf the 'Remarks' section below).
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.