Northern Palace (Amarna)

It is an isolated building facing west to the river and oriented perpendicularly with respect to an extension of the Royal Road.

The complex included a pillared hall and a stone built balcony.

The staff may have included the unguent preparer Ramose known from two letters that place in Meritaten's household.

The structure featured limestone feeding troughs and mangers combined with tethering stones.

Common themes include papyrus plants growing in a swampy environment with birds and butterflies.

Ruins of the North Palace, showing reconstruction and restoration