The southern tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of May ( No. 14 ) .. Part ( 24 )

A. Previous Work

The existence of this large tomb ( No. 14 ) must have been patent to visitors at all periods ; but as the entrance was almost completely blocked with sand, what was visible was extremely unpromising, and the tomb was not cleared by M. Urbain Bouriant in 1883 . This task, however, was carried out by M. Alessandro Barsanti ten years later, and M. Georges Émile Jules Daressy published most of the texts of this tomb of a " flabellifère ", but not his name, for he found it erased from the inscriptions .

The southern tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of Nekht-pa-Aten ( No. 12 ) – The Tomb Of Nefer-kheperu-her-sekheper ( No. 13 ) .. Part ( 23 )

The Tomb of Nekht-pa-Aten ( No. 12 )

Tomb No. 12 belongs to Nekht-pa-Aten . This tomb, which was to have been of the same type as Tombs 10 and 13, has only had its facade and entrance completed . Inside there is a small area of floor, and the upper parts of three columns have been detached and remain as square pillars of rock .

The southern tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of Apy ( No. 10 ) – The Tomb Of Ramose ( No. 11 ) .. Part ( 22 )

The Tomb of Apy ( No. 10 )

A. Architectural Features ( Plate 30 )

Tomb No. 10 belongs to Apy ( or Ipy ), who was ' Royal Scribe and Steward ', not quite so big a man as some of his fellows . This tomb as it stands is small, simple, and rude . Only the door and entrance-way are completed and decorated . The passage to it through the rock slope has not yet been cut down to the floor-level, so that one descends by rough steps into the tomb .