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remained on the lower part of the northern wall and at the entrance of the central chapel, depicting funeral and workshop scenes, the latter probably also demonstrates the official duty of the owner, as well as some remains of the doorjambs of the northern side chapel still in their original place. Two architectural elements of the tomb are located in museums: a doorjamb in Cairo (JE 8383) and a pilaster in Bologna (EG 1891),** the original place of this latter was supposed to be on the eastern part of the northern wall, where a gap can be seen in the revetment. The dating of the tomb, as well as the active duty of Ptahemwia (I), are based on the stylistic characteristics and features of the wall decoration.’ Two phases can be distinguished in the making of the decoration. The western parts of the tomb, namely the central and side chapels, show typical Amarna-style reliefs, even the west portico before the chapels seems to belong to this decoration phase. The walls of the peristyle courtyard, however, represent reliefs featuring the style of the reign of Tutankhamun. An interesting element also supports the separate preparation phases of the decoration, yet not exactly in the same way that the stylistic features do. Two variations of the name of the owner can be discovered. in the inscriptions of the tomb. Although in most cases his name is written as Ptahemwia (I), in one case it appears as Amunemwia, on a column panel in the west portico of the tomb. This part of the tomb might have belonged to either phases of decoration mentioned above, namely under Akhenaten as well as under Tutankhamun, however, the fairly negligent carving of the panel suggests its belonging to the earlier period.*° Nevertheless, the usage of the two variations of the name demonstrate temporal differentiation in making the decoration even under the reign of Akhenaten. It seems that Amunemwia was the original name of the tomb owner, used in the early reign of the king, until ca. his 9'" regnal year. Around that time, bearing a personal name containing the name of Amun started to cause problems in relation to the political-religious policy of Akhenaten, namely the beginning of his ostracism of the god Amun. In this situation, changing the name was recommended, especially for a person in a high ranking position as the tomb owner was. As Raven notes, since the representation of the god Ptah was acceptable and compatible with the religious concept and policy of Akhenaten, and already Akhenaten around this time, it was an acceptable solution for Amunemwia to change his name to Ptahemwia.™ On the same ># For the history of the two architectural elements, see Staring, 2015, 35-36. 59 Raven et al., 2007, 26-27; Raven et al., 2009, 14; Raven, 2017, 584; Raven, 2020, 136-144. 5° Raven, 2017, 584. > For a detailed discussion on the change of the name, see Raven et al., 2007, 28; Raven et al., 2009, 13-15; Raven, 2017, 584; Raven, 2020, 27-29. As Raven notes, leaving the name Amun on this panel of the tomb might have been an oversight by the agents of Akhenaten, or it could also have been the result of the fact
