This is the plan of Roy's tomb and shows you where the pictures below were taken from.
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TT. 255 - Roy was a royal scribe and steward of the estates of Horemheb and lived in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth dynasty somewhere between 1295 and 1188 BC making this tomb at least 3200 years old. Its good condition is due to it being discovered unopened in recent times though that said the left hand wall has fared much better that the right hand wall.
The images on the right hand wall are less vibrant and appear slightly blurred compared to those on the left. This is due to the rock being more porous on this side and therefore the paintings have suffered from flash floods over the centuries as moisture soaks through from above. |
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This is the complete tomb of Roy from the entrance to the stella in the niche at the rear so as you can see this is a very small tomb but in our opinion it is also one of the most beautifully painted with very fine detail.
At the front right of the picture the wooden handrail goes around the shaft down to where Roy was laid to rest. |
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This picture of a section of the southern wall gives you a good idea of the quality and colour of this tomb. This wall is made up of three rows. The top, narrow row, has Anubis and Hathor repeated along its length with the middle row showing Roy on his journey to the afterlife whilst the bottom row details Roy's funeral procession. |
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Detail from the middle row of the south wall showing Roy and his wife, hands raised, making their way to the afterlife. The "they" is quite metaphorical as the Theban Tombs were only for the men, not the wives, who as in this case, often lived on long after the death of the husband. |
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This is from the bottom row of the south wall and shows Roy in his coffin with funerary equipment. It is being pulled by oxen in the funeral procession and is preceded and followed by mourners. |
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Detail from the top row which runs along the north and south walls. |
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These oxen are pulling the coffin of Roy in front of which are the main group of mourners, see next picture.
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Just in front of the oxen is this main group of mourners. Younger members are depicted at rear of the group with an older person depicted towards the front wearing a grey wig. |
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The mummy of Roy is shown being supported by Anubis, the god of the dead, with a mourner kneeling.
The pyramid tomb is a depiction of this actual tomb, but the pyramid is long gone, above which is shown the all seeing eye. |
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This stella is in the niche in the end wall of the tomb.
Hopefully you can make out the bark (a type of boat) of Ré with two baboons shown standing on the right, arms raised, and the deceased and his wife on the left.
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