دير المدينة
The village resembles the Theban Deir el-Medina, and at least one individual bore the same title as the Deir el-Medina workers - "Servant of the Place [of Truth]. It is possible that the residents of the Amarna village were in fact the Deir el-Medina community transplanted to the new capital. This theory is based on the conspicuous absence of Amarna Period royal name faience rings from Deir el-Medina; it appears that the village was uninhabited in this period.