The rock tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of Meryra II ( No. 2 ) .. Part ( 11 )

Historical Notes

Tomb No. 2 is that the Meryra II, who should be distinguished from his namesake Meryra I, who was a very much bigger man, being " High-priest of the Aten in Akhetaten, and Bearer of the Fan in the right hand of the King " . His tomb is No. 4 on the other side of the ravine in the northern group . Our Meryra II is merely a Royal Scribe and Superintendent of the Royal Harem .

The rock tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of Huya ( No. 1 ) .. Part ( 10 )

The No. 1 of the list is the tomb of Huya, who, according to the inscriptions in it, was Superintendent of the Royal Harem, Superintendent of the Treasury, and Superintendent of the House – all the offices being held in connexion with the household, not of the Pharaoh, but of his mother Queen Tiy .

El-Amarna - The Private Houses .. The Official Residence of a Noble – Workmen's Houses – Foreigners' Houses .. Part ( 9 )

Such was the estate of a private individual – not a particularly wealthy one perhaps, but nevertheless quite a warm man . And every private house conforms to the principles just described . A prince might have a dozen columns in his entrance hall and a few more rooms, a poor man was content with a hovel consisting of a central room with mere cubby-holes opening off it, but the principle of a main living-room surrounded by others to keep it cool is invariable .