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Amun

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Egyptian god associated with Thebes, a major target of Atenist erasure whose cult later regained royal support.

Tutankhamun’s head and remains of Amun’s hand on the crown, limestone, Dynasty 18, The Met 50.6. Fragment of a statue group, not a complete Amun statue; context for renewed royal relations with Amun. Uncropped display copy
Tutankhamun’s head and remains of Amun’s hand on the crown, limestone, Dynasty 18, The Met 50.6. Fragment of a statue group, not a complete Amun statue; context for renewed royal relations with Amun. Uncropped display copyThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, 50.6; Rogers Fund, 1950 · Public domainObject record

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Taronas’s catalogue finds Amun and his forms especially targeted. This does not establish elimination of every Egyptian deity or universal Atenist belief. Material damage and the campaign’s motives have different evidentiary strength. [1]

The photograph shows TutankhamunTutankhamunEighteenth-dynasty king, formerly Tutankhaten, associated with renewed royal support for traditional cults.Glossary · Click to read the explanation’s head with Amun’s hand, not Amun’s face or complete statue. The group’s context, the king’s new name and the Restoration Stela connect renewed kingship with traditional cult. [2][3]

References and notes

  1. Laura Taronas (2020). “The Amarna Period and the Politics of Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt.” Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, lecture abstract. Lecture abstract reports a catalogue from 37 sites: Amun and his forms dominate, plurality is less targeted; proposes years 5–9. Not a full dissertation reading or census of every Egyptian monument. Return to the text ↑
  2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Head of Tutankhamun,” 50.6. King’s head with Amun’s hand on the crown from a statue group; Rogers Fund 1950, Public Domain. Image does not show a complete Amun statue. Detailed dates differ across language pages; caption uses Dynasty 18. Return to the text ↑
  3. C. Zarnoch and E. Sullivan. “Restoration Stela of Tutankhamen.” Digital Karnak, UCSC. Restoration of traditional cults, temple ruin/restoration claims and Horemheb’s usurpation. Catalogue description read, not a complete translation of the ancient inscription. Return to the text ↑

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