697/B.70

Daressy #: --

Owner: Ipay (his tomb is located at Saqqara)

Reasons: --

Transliteration: sS-nswt mAa mrj=f wbA-nswt wab awj jpAy mAa-xrw

Translation: True king's scribe, his beloved, cup-bearer of the king, pure of hands, Ipay justified.

Date: The end of the 18th dynasty to the beginning of the 19th dynasty (Yoshimura et al. 2004: 122, 126).

Length: --

Colours: --

Findspots: --

Remarks:

• The ascribed owner is identical to that of # 696/B.69.

• The design, findspots, and text content of # 696/B.69 and # 697/B.70 suggest that the maker of the two is the same and that they were created at the same time. The rationale behind the necessity for two bricks, despite the similarities in their contents, remain unclear and require further investigation.

• This seal impression may have been stamped solely on the bricks, rather than the cones. Further information on this particular type can be found here.

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