641/B.14
Daressy #: --
Owner: TT 36 Ibi
Reasons: Inscription and provenience
Transliteration: jrj-pat HAtj-a xtmw-bjtj smr watj n mrwt rx-nswt mAa mrj=f jmj-rA pr wr dwAt-nTr jbj sA mry-nTr anx-Hr mAa-xrw
Translation: Hereditary noble, mayor, seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, sole and beloved companion, true king's acquaintance, his beloved, chief steward, divine adoratress, Ibi, son of the one beloved of the god, Ankhhor justified.
Date: 26th Dynasty Psamtik I
Length: 17.5 – 22.5 cm (Graefe 2003: 202)
Colours: 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 279 Pabasa (Ibi's successor), # 92, # 468, and # 469, as well as those owned by TT 410 Mutirdis, who held # 48, # 387, # 603, and # 608. 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:
12 from TT 196 (Graefe 2003: Text Pp. 201–202; Taf. 112, Kat.498).
Two of # 450, # 451, # 642/B.15, and/or # 643/B.16 were from the tomb -49- and its environs (Redford 2006: 158).
Remarks:
The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 450, # 451, # 610, # 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.
Regarding the sequence of cone production, it is worth noting that # 450 was the first cone produced, followed by the others. Further details can be found in the '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).