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Daressy #: 25

Owner: Nakhtmin (tomb undiscovered, perhaps at Khokhah)

Reasons: --

Transliteration: jmj-rA Snwtj n Smaw mHw nxt-mnw Dd=f nn sXj=j Hr j Hr mdwt nt mAat

Translation: Overseer of the double granary of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nakhtmin, who says: 'I was not neglectful of me and words of truth'.

Date: Hat. - T. III (Owner of this cone had his second tomb, TT 87. cf. Remarks for # 87).

Colours: Red face and 4.1 digits of the stem to the top (01-040 in Davies's notebook).

Findspots:

Remarks:

From the location where this example was found and from the inscription we can deduce that the owner of this cone is identical to the owners of # 87, # 91, and # 113. The tomb of our Nakhtmin had TT 87, to which # 147 and # 177 belonged, but it is highly doubtful that the tomb had these four cones: in other words, another tomb of Nakhtmin is waiting to be discovered. With regard to the order of making the cones, # 87, # 89, # 91, and # 113 were made for Nakhtmin's first tomb at Khokhah. Subsequently, # 147 and # 177 were made for Nakhtmin's second tomb, TT 87 (see Remarks on # 87 and Zenihiro 2017).
It may be noted that the four types of cones set up in Nakhtmin’s first tomb constructed at Khokhah are each represented by several examples, recovered in roughly equal numbers. This suggests that, whereas for his first tomb he had four types of cones produced, for his second tomb he chose not to commission multiple types but in effect restricted himself to a single one (not both # 147 and # 177, but the latter only; for details, see the Remarks on # 147 and # 177). The motivation for this change remains unknown.
See also 03-059 in Macadam's Red file, 05-065 in his DALEX file 1, and 06-087, 102, & 109 in his DALEX file 2.

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