| Roma called Roy | |
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| High Priest of Amun | |
 Granite statue of Roma called Roy (British Museum) | |
| Predecessor | Bakenkhons I |
| Successor | Bakenkhons II? |
| Dynasty | 19th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Ramesses II, Merenptah and Seti II |
| Wife | Tamut, Tabest |
| Burial | TT 283 |
Roma called Roy was High Priest of Amun during the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, at the end of the reign of Ramesses II and continued into the reigns of Merenptah and likely Seti II. Roma served as third and second priest of Amun and finally as first prophet (high priest) of Amun. He was also a count (h3ty-a), a prince (iry-pat) and a divine father pure of hands.[1]
Roma's wife Tamut is mentioned in his tomb,[2] while a wife named Tabest is named on a stele in Leiden (Netherlands).[3]
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| Roma called Roy Roma - true of voice - called Roy in hieroglyphs | ||||||||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | ||||||||||
- ^ Mansour El-Noubi, A Harper's Song from the Tomb of Roma-Roy at Thebes (TT 283), Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Bd. 25, (1998), pp. 251-255
- ^ Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind L. B. with Burney, Ethel W.: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume I: The Theban Necropolis. Part 1: Private Tombs. 2nd edition, revised and augmented. Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1970, pp. 356, 365–366, Map II PDF from The Digital Topographical Bibliography, 22.8 MB Retrieved May 11, 2024.
- ^ H.D. Schneider and M.J. Raven, Life and Death Under the Pharaohs, Australia, 1999, pg 40-41