609

Daressy #: 259

Owner: TT 196 Padihorresnet

Reasons: Inscription and provenience

Transliteration: jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr pA-dj-Hr-rsnt dwA-nTr ra jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr pA-dj-Hr-rsnt dwA-nTr ra

Translation: Chief steward of the divine adoratress, Padihorresnet, adoring the divine Re. Chief steward of the divine adoratress, Padihorresnet, adoring the divine Re.

Date: 26th Dyn. (Saite Period)

Length: 7.5 digits (BM: EA 9733), 7.5 digits (RMO: F 2015/9,480. Personal communication with Personal communication with Louis-Philippe Bazelier. 14th Aug. 2023).

Colours: --

Findspots:

• One from near TT 103 (01-290 in Davies's notebook).

• One from the south of the court of TT 23 (Ibid.).

• One from TT 44 area (Collins 1976 [JEA 62]: 35).

• 25 from TT 196 (Graefe 2003: Text p. 201; Taf. 111, Kat.494).

Remarks: 

• The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 515.

• # 515 and # 609 appear to have been created simultaneously since these two possess distinct styles despite their nearly identical content. During the same period, additional officials possessing cones with various designs were TT 36 Ibi who had # 450, # 451, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16 and TT 410 Mutirdis who held # 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608, and TT 389 Basa who had # 92, # 468, and # 469.

• According to Eigner, Padihorresnet's TT 196 has produced cones scattered around the base of the enclosure walls, rather than just one side (cf. Graefe 2003: Text p. 201; Taf. 19). Eigner maintains that the cones have remained in their original position since According to Eigner (Eigner 1984: 110), the original location of the cones was the outer walls surrounding the tomb, rather than the tomb façade, if this is indeed true.

• According to Vittmann, TT 279 Pabasa, who possessed cones # 92, # 468, and # 469, is almost certainly the predecessor of Padihorresnet (Vittmann 1977 [SAK 5]: 254). Then, Pabasa's predecessor was Ibi (Lichtheim 1948 [JNES (7(3))]: 165), who owned TT 36 as well as cones # 450, # 451, # 610, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16 (However, # 451 and # 641/B.14 may be the same cone). This Ibi was our Pabasa's father. Ankhhor from TT 414 followed Padihorresnet, but he did not possess any cones as the tomb's upper structure was likely never completed (Vivó 2022: 323). Next, Sheshonq, who owned # 444 and # 445 in TT 27, succeeded Ankhhor. Sheshonq's father, Horsaaset, owned # 436 and # 437. It is likely that Sheshonq was the father-in-law of Padineith, the owner of # 391 and TT 197 (Vittmann 1978: 134-138).

• 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, # 584 and # 598. However, it is challenging to identify any discernible trends in length (cf. Length & Width).

• See also 05-054 & 055 in Macadam's DALEX file 1 and 06-049, 095, 104, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.

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