List of the rock tombs of Amarna

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Map of Amarna
North graves
Grave of Merire II.
View of the south graves
Königstal (Königswadi) of Amarna
Akhenaten's tomb

The rock tombs of Amarna are located in the eastern mountains of Akhenaten's newly founded, former capital Akhet-Aton in Middle Egypt . The necropolis with the so-called "graves of the nobles" (private graves) is divided into the following areas: the north and south cemetery. In between is the "Königstal" with the royal grave and four additional graves. A total of 30 graves were found. The acronym for the graves is AT and stands for Amarna Tomb , such as KV for King's Valley ( Valley of the Kings ) or TT for Theban Tomb ( Theban grave ).

The graves were examined from 1903 to 1907 by Norman de Garis Davies and documented in drawings. He published his drawings in the six-volume work The Rock tombs of El Amarna for the Egypt Exploration Society (EES), at the time the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF). A new edition of the editions took place in 2004 in three volumes, each with a foreword by Barry Kemp , who has been carrying out excavations in Tell el-Amarna since 1980.

North Cemetery

Grave no. Grave owner Title / function Remarks
Amarna tomb 1 Huja Overseer of the royal harem; Overseer in the twin treasure house of the great royal wife Tey
Amarna tomb 2 Merire II. Royal scribe; Treasury chief
Amarna tomb 3 Ahmose Real royal scribe; Fan carrier on the right of the king; Overseer in the harem of the great royal wife Nefertiti
Amarna tomb 4 Merire I. Greatest of the beholders of the Aten in the house of Re ; Fan carrier on the right of the king
Amarna tomb 5 Pentu Royal scribe , senior physician, supreme servant of Aton in the house of Aton in Achet-Aton
Amarna tomb 6 Panehsi First servant of the Aton in Achet-Aton; Second prophet of the Lord of the Two Lands, Nefer-cheperu-Re-wa-en-Re (Akhenaten)

Südfriedhof

Grave no. Grave owner Title / function Remarks
Amarna tomb 7 Perennefer Royal craftsman with clean hands
Amarna tomb 8 Tutu Chamberlain
Amarna tomb 9 Mahu Chief of the police in Achet-Aton
Amarna tomb 10 Ipi Royal scribe; Domain administrator
Amarna tomb 11 Ramose Royal scribe; General of the Lord of the Two Countries
Amarna tomb 12 Night couple vizier
Amarna tomb 13 Nefercheperuhersecheper Mayor of Achet-Aton
Amarna tomb 14 Maya General of the Lord of the Two Countries; Head of all the king's work
Amarna tomb 15 Suti Standard bearer of the king's bodyguard
Amarna tomb 19 Sutau Treasury chief
Amarna tomb 23 Any Scribe of the victims of the Lord of the Two Countries
Amarna tomb 24 Paatenemhab General of the Lord of the Two Lands possibly identical to haremhab
Amarna tomb 25 Eh Godfather; Fan carrier on the right of the king the only surviving version of the great Aton hymn

Königstal

Grave no. Grave owner Title / function Remarks
Amarna tomb 26 Akhenaten King (pharaoh) Royal tomb; Discovered by locals in 1881/1882 and examined by Alessandro Barsanti in 1891
Amarna tomb 27 unknown royal grave type
Amarna tomb 28 Mnevis bull? Type of private grave; three chambers
Amarna tomb 29 Neferneferure ? princess royal grave type
Amarna tomb 30 unknown Private grave; small and unfinished

literature

  • Norman de Garis Davies: The Rock Cut Tombs of El Amarna. The Egypt Exploration society, London 2004, ISBN 0-85698-160-5 .
  • Nicholas Reeves : Akhenaten. Egypt's false prophet. von Zabern, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-8053-2828-1 , pp. 147–158.
  • Sue H. D'Auria in: Rita E. Freed, Yvonne J. Markowitz, Sue H. D'Auria: Pharaohs of the Sun. Akhenaten. Nefertiti. Tutankhamun. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sulphinch Press, ISBN 0-8212-2620-7 , pp. 166-173.

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Notes / individual evidence

  1. ↑ the given titles are only a selection, as one person could have several titles
  2. ^ Hermann A. Schlögl : Akhenaten - Tutankhamun. Facts and texts. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-447-02337-6 , p. 35.