2
THE
ROCK
TOMBS
OF
EL
AMARNA.
corners
of
the
door-cheek
indicate
that
the
ascent
was
by
a
rope-ladder
or
some
such
means.
In
any
case
the
place
must
have
been
singularly
secure.
The
excavation
seems
to
have
been
effected
by
cutting
broad
vertical
grooves
and
then
breaking
away
the
intervening
mass.
6d.
Another
small
and
very
similar
cham¬
ber
is
found
on
the
ground
level
a
little
to
the
right
of
No.
6.
It
also
has
a
window
and
affords
no
pi'oof
of
use
as
a
tomb.
6b,
6a.
A
short
distance
westward
are
two
other
excavations,
one
in
the
cliff-face
and
one
in
the
slope
below
it.
The
latter
(6a)
has
been
so
much
altered
in
later
times
that
its
original
size
and
shape
are
quite
lost.
The
former
has
a
promising
doorway,
but
the
interior
is
un¬
finished.
A
recess
in
the
left
hand
wall
is
a
relic
of
later
occupation,
as
also
are
the
exceptionally
solid
and
regularly
built
walls
of
piled
stone
outside.
These
must
have
formed
an
excellent
abode,
as
homes
go
in
the
Orient,
with
several
rooms,
of
which
the
original
chamber
was
the
inmost
and
most
secure.
A
part
of
the
dwel¬
ling
was
on
an
upper
level
of
rock,
in
which
a
rude
stairway
has
been
cut.
(See
Plates
xxv.
and
xlv.).
A
considerable
distance
separates
these
from
the
next
tombs
to
the
west,
Nos.
-5,
4
and
3
(of
Pentu,
Meryra,
and
Ahmes),
which
follow
one
another
at
some
interval
and
without
any
dependent
tombs
of
smaller
size.
Beyond
them,
where
the
cliff
is
much
reduced
in
height,
a
series
of
small
tombs
was
cut
in
the
slope
below
it.
3f
(No.
5
of
Lepsius).
The
first
of
these
(Plate
xlv.)
was
not
wholly
uninscribed.
The
decoration
of
the
portal
may
even
have
been
completed,
but
the
weathering
of
the
rock
has
left
us
little
of
it.
The
type
of
facade,
represent¬
ing
a
portal
set
in
a
wall,
is
repeated
in
all
the
succeeding
tombs.
The
projecting
cornice,
as
sometimes
also
the
roll
below
it,
was
often
formed
of
stones
cemented
into
a
groove
instead
of
being
cut
in
the
living
rock.
The
lintel
shows
the
cartouches
of
Aten,
flanked
by
those
of
the
king
and
queen,
and
apparently
also
by
the
figure
and
prayer
of
the
deceased.
On
the
upper
part
of
the
right
jamb
can
still
be
read,—"
Life
to
the
father—god
and
king—the
living
Ra,
ruler
of
the
two
horizons
!
"
"I
give
praise
to
the
living
Aten
"
The
open
side
of
the
forecourt
has
been
built
up
with
walls
of
piled
stone
to
form
a
house.
The
interior
shows
hurried
preparation,
directed
primarily
to
the
provision
of
a
burial
vault.
The
transverse
gallery
of
which
it
was
to
consist
has
not
been
given
its
full
height
or
finished
at
the
N.
end.
The
mouth
of
the
burial
shaft
is
cut
in
a
mastaba
of
rock,
and
at
the
depth
of
only
a
few
feet
admits
to
a
little
cham¬
ber
on
the
east.
Two
little
niches
for
lamps
in
the
W.
wall
are
relics
of
the
domestic
use
to
which
this
and
all
the
other
tombs
were
put
in
later
days.
3e
(Plate
xliv.)
is
the
first
of
a
series
of
neighbouring
tombs
cut
in
a
low
ledge
of
rock
and
facing
a
little
west
of
south.
It
is
of
irregular
shape,
just
allowing
standing
room,
and
contains
no
provision
for
burial.
A
lamp-
niche
in
the
wall
outside
dates
from
the
time
when
the
court
was
made
a
dwelling-place.
3d
(Plate
xliii.).
This
tomb
is
of
much
the
same
shape
as
the
last
and
shows
similar
signs
of
incompleteness.
Later
occupants
have
fashioned
a
shelved
recess
39
inches
high
in
the
south
wall.
3c
(Plate
xliii.).
A
tomb
of
the
corridor
type
with
an
inner
chamber
set
transversely.
Only
the
outer
hall
has
been
finished.
The
walls
outside
are
rough,
and,
like
those
of
its
neighbours,
have
no
trace
of
inscription.
The
walls
inside
are
well
laid
out
and
finished
to
a
good
surface.
The
ceiling
is
highly
vaulted
near
the
doorway,
but
becomes
almost
flat
at
the
N.
end.
There
is
a
rough
trench
in
the
floor,
parallel
to
the
W.
wall
and
deepening
towards
the
ends,
which
seems
designed
(cf.
Part
A
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