[1] The rock cut tombs of Amarna were constructed specifically for the officials of King Akhenaten in the 18th Dynasty.

Meryra served as the High Priest of the cult of Aten, a new religious tradition instituted by King Akhenaten.

Meryra's gift of a tomb testifies to his worthiness to Akhenaten as perhaps the singular High Priest of Aten.

Just inside the antechamber to the columned hall Meryra is shown in full-size depiction wearing four gold collars of honor around his neck.

In Meryra's tomb, Akhenaten and Nefertiti’s features have been consistently erased but their bodies and gestures can still be seen in the chisel marks beneath the Aten's rays for location.

However, architecturally it is possible to see where the original cubed blocks were about to be extracted from the outer hall and where more columns were started and left incomplete.

The antechamber itself shows Meryre offering prayers to the Akhenaten, and the five cartouches of the king, Nefertiti and the Aten.

The entrance from the antechamber to the outer hall is the location of the two walls decorated with Meryra adoring the Short Hymn to the Aten, and shows Meryre's wife Tenre making offerings to the sun-disc.

The King and Queen raise their arms in adoration of the Aten over the abundance but their faces and crowns have been greatly damaged.

The large altar of the bounty of the kingdom is blessed by an unusual drawing of the Aten with two blue and red arcs below the sun disc.

The Royals offer a blessing to the Aten but in Akhenaten's reformations, Meryra is depicted as a tiny figure bowing beneath an altar meant for him.

In the immediately preceding scene, Akhenaten and Nefertit are depicted honoring Meryra in full-scale but most of the color has faded from this entire long wall.

This is similar to the contact the royal family has with the Aten, which is furnished with hands holding ankhs extending from its rays.

One purpose of the ankhs is to literally fill the recipient through the senses of smell to breathe in life and touch for protection in prosperity of the Aten.

[10] The polychrome color is still visible on the centered scene of Akhenaten leading Nefertiti depicted driving golden chariots.

Either situation serves to promote the role and importance of Meryra, even though the scene seems to be immediately focused upon Akhenaten.

The final theme in register on this wall is Meryra in the pattern of "Returning Home," which is detailed in most Amarna tombs.

He is shown returning to his own estate in his own chariot displaying his gold collars for his household in a dynamic depiction of female musicians playing instruments and bowing servants and other priests all welcoming him back as he arrives.

At the death of Akhenaten, the city of Ahketaten was abandoned in approximately three years after succession of various Amarna pharaohs like Smenkare, Neferneferuaten and, finally Tutankhamun.