Tomb of Ay at Amarna (Southern Tomb 25)

Southern Tomb 25 (The Tomb of Ay at Amarna) is a tomb chapel in Amarna, Egypt. It was intended for the burial of Ay, who later became Pharaoh, after the 18th Dynasty king Tutankhamun. The grave was never finished, and Ay was later interred in the Western Valley of the Valley of the Kings (tomb WV23), in Thebes.

Tomb of Ay at Amarna (Southern Tomb 25)
Burial site of Ay
Plan of the Amarna tomb of Ay
Tomb of Ay at Amarna (Southern Tomb 25)
Coordinates
Location	Southern tombs, Amarna
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The tomb was only partially carved from the rock, with the first part of the pillared hall approaching completion. It contains depictions of Ay receiving rewards from Akhenaten and Nefertiti.

A depiction of a pair of red leather gloves were interpreted by Davies as "the first" gloves ever.

The tomb also contains the longest, most complete version of the Great Hymn to the Aten.

Ay's Bio

On Boundary Stela K, one of the sixteen large granite stelae that set the boundaries of Ahketaten dictated the tombs beyond the royal necropoplis to include "Let there be a tomb made for The God's Father." This tomb is the evidence of that being carried out.

External links

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