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Aten

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Also known as Aton

Aten, also Aton, Atonu, or Itn (, reconstructed ) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system formally established in ancient Egypt by the late Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. Exact dating for the Eighteenth Dynasty is contested, though a general date range places the dynasty in the years 1550 to 1292 BCE. The worship of Aten and the coinciding rule of Akhenaten are major identifying characteristics of a period within the Eighteenth Dynasty referred to as the Amarna Period (1336 BCE).

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Aten was the sun deity at the center of Atenism, a religious system established by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten during the Eighteenth Dynasty (around 1550–1292 BCE). The worship of Aten and Akhenaten's rule define a distinctive historical period called the Amarna Period, making this religious innovation a significant moment in ancient Egyptian history.

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Key facts

Deity.type
Egyptian
Deity.name
Aten
Deity.image
Aten.svg
Deity.alt
Disc emanating rays of light ending in hands
Deity.caption
Aten as it was depicted in the Amarna Period
Deity.hiero
i-t:n:N5(See other names written a double cartouche)
Deity.cult_center
Akhetaten, archaeological site known as Tell-el Amarna
Deity.symbol
Sun disk, reaching rays of light
Deity.temples
Great Temple of the Aten, Small Aten Temple
Deity.venerated_in
Atenism

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
solar deity
Part of
Egyptian mythology
Gender
male
Religion
atenism
Image
Aten.svg
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Commons category
Aten
name in hiero markup
i-t:n-N5-A40
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Origins
  • Religion
  • Worship
  • Iconography
  • Architecture
  • Royal titulary
  • Question of monotheism
  • End of Atenism
  • Names derived from Aten
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Aten, also Aton, Atonu, or Itn (, reconstructed ) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system formally established in ancient Egypt by the late Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. Exact dating for the Eighteenth Dynasty is contested, though a general date range places the dynasty in the years 1550 to 1292 BCE. The worship of Aten and the coinciding rule of Akhenaten are major identifying characteristics of a period within the Eighteenth Dynasty referred to as the Amarna Period (1336 BCE).

Atenism and the worship of the Aten as the sole god of ancient Egypt state worship did not persist beyond Akhenaten's death. Not long after his death, one of Akhenaten's Eighteenth Dynasty successors, Tutankhamun, reopened the state temples to other Egyptian gods and re-positioned Amun as the pre-eminent solar deity. Aten is depicted as a solar disc emitting rays terminating in human hands.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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