642/B.15

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 of the divine adoratress, Ibi, [son of the] one beloved of the god, Ankhhor justified.

Date: 26th Dynasty Psamtik I

Length: 19.2 – 21.4 cm (Graefe 2003: 203)

Colours: --

Findspots:

• 13 from TT 196 (Graefe 2003: Text p. 202; Taf. 112, Kat.499).

• Two of # 450, # 451, # 641/B.14, 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, # 641/B.14, 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).

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