THE
SITE
OE
THE
NORTHERN
TOMBS.
7
Three
and
four.
S
7
;
N
6
(Panehesy.
Neze-
met-mut
shown
in
both).
Four.
N
4
(Meryra);
N
1
(Huya,
Baket-
aten
shown).
Five
and
six.
N
2
(Meryra
ii.).
Seven.
(Four?)
Royal
Tomb.1
Three
daughters
seem
to
have
been
born
in
the
latter
part
of
the
4th,
6th
and
8th
years;
and
if
we
suppose
this
regularity
to
have
con¬
tinued,
the
youngest
and
seventh
(?)
daughter
of
Nefertiti,
who
was
in
arms
at
the
funeral
of
Meketaten,
would
be
born
in
the
16th
year
of
the
reign.
Hence
we
may
assign
the
tombs
of
Ahmes
and
Pentu
to
the
9th
year,
Panehesy
to
the
10th,
Meryra
to
the
11th,
Huya
to
the
12th
and
13th
(since
an
event
of
the
mid-twelfth
is
recorded
in
it;
probably
the
fifth
daughter
was
just
born,
but
is
not
depicted),
and
Meryra
ii.
to
the
14th
and
15th,
with
a
later
addition.
This
order
coincides
well
with
three
other
lines
of
evidence:
(1)
the
position
of
the
tombs,
(2)
their
character,
(3)
the
form
of
the
cartouches
of
Aten.
We
find
that
the
tombs
of
the
S.
group
belong
to
the
three-children
period
;
one,
at
most,
may
be
a
little
later.
The
burial-place,
then,
was
shifted
at
this
period
to
the
opposite
side
of
the
desert,
where
the
bold
cliffs
afforded
better
sites.
The
steepest
faces
of
rock
would
naturally
be
first
appropriated,
and
this
con¬
sideration
marks
out
Pentu,
Ahmes,
and
Pane¬
hesy
as
the
earliest.
These
three
Avere
perhaps
begun
simultaneously,
though
that
of
Panehesy
took
much
longer
to
construct.
But
we
cannot
see
the
reason
for
abandoning
the
good
sites
near
Panehesy
;
and
still
less
for
removing
the
latest
tombs
far
to
the
west.
(2)
The
forms
of
tomb
in
vogue
in
the
south
1
The
eldest
four
children
are
shown
in
the
royal
tomb,
and
a
suckling
whose
name
ended
in
f.
It
must
there¬
fore
either
be
the
fourth
daughter,
who
elsewhere
is
seen
walking
with
Meketaten
or
weeping
at
her
bier,
or
a
seventh.
I
do
not
think
the
lacuna
can
possibly
admit
Neferneferuaten-ta-sherat.
were:
(a)
the
small
tomb
with
narrow
trans¬
verse
chamber,
(b)
the
tomb
in
which
this
was
placed
at
the
end
of
a
long
corridor,
(c)
the
tomb
Avith
a
more
spacious
hall
croAvded
Avith
columns.
The
first
type
Avas
retained
in
the
N.
groups
only
for
smaller
tombs
;
the
third
Avas
found
too
elaborate,
till
the
columns
were
reduced
to
tAvo
or
four,
Avhen
it
became
the
model
type.
The
economical
corridor
tomb
alone
Avas
taken
over,
with
its
mode
of
decora¬
tion,
from
the
S.
groups,
and
employed
for
the
burial
of
Ahmes
and
Pentu.
The
tomb
of
Panehesy,
which
modified
the
form
of
the
columned
hall,
has
elseAvhere
the
closest
affinities
Avith
the
southern
tombs,
among
them
being
the
decoration
of
the
entrance
Avitli
figures
of
the
worshipping
King
and
Queen
as
Avell
as
the
deceased,
the
provision
of
a
Avinding
stairway
to
the
burial
vault,
and
the
naos-like
shrines
in
the
hall.
(3)
One
of
the
features
that
distinguishes
the
latter
half
of
Akhenaten's
reign
is
the
changed
form
of
the
cartouches
of
the
god.2
The
earlier
form
is
almost
invariable
in
the
S.
tombs,3
and
on
the
stelae.
It
appears
in
the
N.
group
also,
but
it
is
precisely
to
the
tombs
of
Ahmes,
Pentu,
and
Panehesy4
that
it
is
con¬
fined.
It
fell
into
complete
disuse
then,
with
the
10th
year
of
Akhenaten's
reign.
The
uninscribed
tombs
3a—3f,
are
of
the
small
T-shaped
and
corridor
types
common
in
the
earlier
tombs,
but
the
form
of
the
cartouche
in
3f
puts
this
tomb
later
than
the
three
just
mentioned.
The
tAvo
tombs
1a,
1b,
belong
no
doubt
to
the
same
period
as
Nos.
1
and
2.
It
Avill
be
seen
that
the
9th
year
of
Akhen-
aten
is
one
of
exceptional
activity
and
inventive-
2
Part
i.,
pp.
9,
45.
3
The
only
exceptions
I
know
are
in
the
tombs
of
Mahu
(early
?),
and
on
the
columns
of
Tutu.
4
This
tomb
perhaps
shows
the
transition,
like
that
of
Tutu,
but
the
cartouches
that
seem
of
the
later
form
are
scarcely
legible.
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