Roma called Roy was

High Priest of Amun The High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun ('' ḥm nṯr tpj n jmn'') was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun. The first high priests of Amun appear in the New Kingdom of Egypt, at the beginning ...

during the

Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XIX), also known as the Ramessid dynasty, is classified as the second Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC. The 19th Dynasty and the 20th Dynasty fur ...

, at the end of the reign of

Ramesses II Ramesses II ( egy, wikt:rꜥ-ms-sw, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is oft ...

and continued into the reigns of

Merenptah Merneptah or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC – May 2, 1203 BC) was the fourth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled Egypt for almost ten years, from late July or early August 1213 BC until his death on May 2, 1 ...

and likely

Seti II Seti II (or Sethos II) was the fifth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and reigned from 1203 BC to 1197 BC. His throne name, Userkheperure Setepenre, means "Powerful are the manifestations of Re, the chosen one of Re." H ...

. 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 Iry-pat ( egy, jrj-pꜥt "member of the elite") was an ancient Egyptian ranking title, that is a title announcing a high position in the hierarchy of the country. Iry-pat was indeed the highest ranking title at the royal court, and only the mos ...

) and a divine father pure of hands. Roma's wife Tamut is mentioned in his tomb,Porter and Moss, The Topographical Bibliography, Volume I Part 1. The Theban Necropolis. Private Tombs. (2nd ed.) 2004 while a wife named Tabest is named on a

stele A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), whe ...

in Leiden.H.D. Schneider and M.J. Raven, Life and Death Under the Pharaohs, Australia, 1999, pg 40-41

Stele

Also known is the stele from Leiden (Netherlands), which bears an inscription from Roma called Roy, and was once located on the east side of the eighth pylon of the Karnak temple. It is an important source of the history of the 19th dynasty. Contains information about the rise of the Theban priesthood, the introduction of the royal dynasty of the Ipui clan in Thebes. From the Roma called Roy inscription:

"Let my son take my place. And my office will be in his hands. And may it pass from father to son forever, as a just and useful man does in his master's house."

Burial

Roma called Roy was buried in TT283 in

Dra' Abu el-Naga' The necropolis of Draʻ Abu el-Naga' ( ar, دراع ابو النجا) is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Egypt, just by the entrance of the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and north of the necropolis of el-Assasif. The ne ...

References

Theban High Priests of Amun People of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt 13th-century BC clergy Ramesses II Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub