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May was an ancient Egyptian official during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten. He was Royal chancellor and fan-bearer at Akhet-Aten, the pharaoh's new capital. He was buried in Tomb EA14 in the southern group of the Amarna rock tombs.〔(Amarna Project: The South Tombs ) (PDF)〕〔N. de G. Davies - The Rock Cut Tombs of El Amarna. Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, 2004 (ISBN 0-85698-160-5).〕 ==Biography== May declares that the King was the one who raised him up from humble beginnings. : ''"I was a poor man on both my father's and my mother's side; but the ruler built me up, he developed me, he fed me by means of his spirit (ka) says the king's fan-bearer, May"'' 〔Kemp, Barry, The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and its People, Thames and Hudson, 2012〕 May held a variety of titles. He held the title of rpat (prince), and he was a royal chancellor, a sole companion, scribe of the King and the Overseer of all the works of the King.〔 His military titles include Overseer of the soldiery of the Lord of the Two lands and scribe of recruits.〔 He was also the Overseer of the house of Sehetep-Aten. This title also appears on ostrich found in Amarna and may refer to a royal person or a temple.〔 May was also the Overseer of the House of Waenra in On, and the Overseer of the cattle of the temple of Ra in On. These positions would have made him responsible for some of the aspects of temple life in Heliopolis.〔 May may be the same person as the treasurer named Maya who served Tutankhamen. May shares some of the titles with Maya, but he was not a treasurer.〔Dodson, Aidan, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation. The American University in Cairo Press. 2009, ISBN 978977416304-3〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「May (noble)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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