610

Daressy #: 256

Owner: TT 36 Ibi

Reasons: Inscription and provenience

Transliteration: rx-nswt mAa mrj=f jbj sA mry-nTr anx-Hr dwA-nTr ra jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr jbj dwA-nTr ra

Translation: True king's acquaintance, his beloved, Ibi, son of the one beloved of the god, Ankhhor, adoring the divine Re. Chief steward of the divine adoratress, Ibi, adoring the divine Re.

Date: 26th Dynasty Psamtik I

Length: 7.7 digits (KMKG -MRAH: E.3983), 9.5–12.0 digits (Graefe 2003: 201), 9.7 digits (BM: EA 9734), 10.0 digits (RMO: AT 96h), 10.8 digits (BM: EA 13873).

Colours: White face (BCM: AYBCM : 2003-91.7). Red face (Bedman (ed.) 2017: 208). A notable proportion of the cones for our Ibi are painted white, often in a thick layer (cf. the 'Image Gallery' section of # 450, # 451, # 610, and # 641/B.14). The same style is evident in the cones owned by TT 34 Montuemhat (# 418, # 419, # 420, # 461, # 472, # 485, # 486, and # 604), TT 279 Pabasa (Ibi's successor who held # 92, # 468, and # 469), TT 196 Padihorresnet (# 515), as well as those owned by TT 410 Mutirdis (# 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608). 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]: 61).
One from TT 194 (Seyfried 1995: 85).
Six from TT 196 (Graefe 2003: Text p. 201; Taf. 111, Kat.496).
Two from TT 197 (Gomaá 2004 [Memnonia 15]: 194-195).
Two of # 450, # 451, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and/or # 643/B.16 were from the tomb -49- and its environs (Redford 2006: 158).
Two from Asasif (Budka 2010: 318, 740).
One from Tomb -28- (Bedman (ed.) 2017: 208-209).

Remarks:

The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 450, # 451, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16. However, # 451 and # 641/B.14 may be the same cone. See the 'Image Gallery' section of both cones.
The rationale behind Ibi's decision to create five cones (# 450, # 451, # 641/B.14, # 642/B.15, and # 643/B.16) with strikingly similar designs and texts, as well as a sixth cone (# 610) that is entirely distinct in its visual presentation, remains unclear (cf. 'Remarks' section of # 450).
According to Lichtheim, Ibi is most likely the forerunner of TT 279 Pabasa, who possessed cones # 92, # 468, and # 469 (Lichtheim 1948 [JNES (7(3))]: 165). Padihorresnet, Ibi's son and owner of cones # 515 and # 609, then succeeded Pabasa (Vittmann 1977 [SAK 5]: 254). The 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).
See also 01-288 in Davies's notebook, 05-008, 009, & 035 in Macadam's DALEX file 1, and 06-032, 049, 056, 063, 095, 101, & 111 in his DALEX file 2.