643/B.16

Daressy #: --

Owner: TT 36 Ibi

Reasons: From its 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: 18.6 cm (Graefe 2003: 203)

Colours: --

Findspots:

• One from TT 36 (Graefe 2003: Text p. 202; Taf. 113, Kat.500).

• Two of # 450, # 451, # 641/B.14, and/or # 642/B.15 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 # 642/B.15. 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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