Amun-Ra

imn ra Amun-Ra Var. of [86] imn.

Spellings:

Dates:
Middle Kingdom [6, 35, 74]; 2nd Intermediary Period [61, 80]; New Kingdom [7-32, 36-42, 45-46, 53, 63,
65-66, 69-70, 73, 77-79, 81, 85, 119, 136-138, 140, 148-149]; 21st-24th Dyn [33-34, 62, 67, 71, 87?, 90];
Kushite Period [49-51]; Saite Period [52, 72, 82?, 121, 145]; Late Period [4-5, 43, 54-60, 64?, 68?, 88,
120, 129, 139?, 146-147]; Greco-Roman Period [1-3, 44, 47-48, 75-76, 83-84, 86, 89, 91-118, 122-128,
131-135, 141-144]; unclear [130]

Iconography:
A. Human Form:
1. Without Crown:
a) Enthroned mummiform god [24]
b) God with a cap and reliquary in his arms [105, 107-109]
c) Bes-like figure of dwarf [64]
d) God with a Bes-like head, he holds a mace in his raised right arm. He holds his left arm in a griffon-like
pose before him. [82]
e) Striding god with raised right arm, his left arm is in front of him with the hand in a gripping pose. On
his head is a crown support/base and he is wearing an ankle-length skirt/kilt [71]

2. With Amun- or Double-Feather Crown:

a) God with the Amun-feather crown [7, 15, 20, 23, 62, 94-97, 99, 112, 115-118, 124]
b) Squatting god with the Amun-feather crown, behind his back is a raised scourge/flail [147]
c) Ithyphallic god with the Amun-feather crown, behind his back is a raised scourge/flail [10, 12, 16, 22,
26]. Behind him is the tent of Min [10] or a temple with the plants of Min [12, 16, 22, 26]
d) Ithyphallic god with the Amun-feather crown, his arm is raised behind his back with a scourge/flail. He
stands on a naked, prone god with the Amun-feather crown, reaching with his left hand to the phallus
[56]

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e) God with the Amun-feather crown, found at the top of a chapel in the form of a mountain with a
cobra frieze. Before him is a very large cobra with the white crown. [73]
f) God with the Amun-feather crown, standing on an uroboros; before him is a scorpion [146]
g) Ithyphallic mummy with a raised scourge/flail behind his back. The double-feather crown directly on
his head [8] or in the headband [20, 30, 35]. Behind him is the tent of Min [8, 20, 30].
h) Mummiform god with the double-feather crown on his head and wAs scepter. [19]

3. Other Crowns:
a) Ithyphallic god with the double crown. In holds a reversed flail/scourge in his hands; behind him is the
tent of Min [136]
b) Enthroned god with composite crown (combination of double-feather crown on a base and the hmhm
crown on horizontal rams horns). He has rams horns on his ears and he holds an anx wAs scepter. His
throne is on the water. [11]

B. Lion Form:
a) Lion-headed god with the sun disk on his head, holding a scourge and crook over his chest and
wearing a long robe [17]
b) Man-headed sphinx with the double-crown on a platform [57]
c) Ram-sphinx with the double-feather crown on horizontal horns [87]
d) Ram-sphinx with the sun disk on his head [67] [cf I.f.]

C. Bull Form:
a) Bull with the sun disk and double-feather crown between his horns. He is called the Bull in Egypt (kA
m kmt) [53]

D. Ram Form:
a) Ram-headed god [28]
b) Ram-headed god with a double-feather crown and a great cobra on his head [90]
c) Ram-headed god with a double-feather crown and horizontal rams horns on his head *143-144]
d) Ram-headed god with a double-feather crown and great sun disk on his head [43, 49-50]
e) Ram-headed god with the sun disk on his head [13, 25, 27, 34, 51, 137]; in the center of the sun disk is
an erect cobra [13, 34, 51, 137]. He holds a scourge/flail [13]
f) Ram-headed mummy with a sun disk on his head and a raised reversed arm with the scourge/flail [18]
g) Ram-headed god with the four-feather crown [48]
h) Ram-headed god with the Atef crown [91]
i) Reclining Barbary sheep [70]
j) Standing ram with a cobra on his head [148]
k) Ram with a frond [36]
l) Reclining ram with a cobra on his head and fronds over his back [149]
m) Amun-ram with the double feather crown and a smaller solar disk [2, 63, 66, 69]; the crown is on
horizontal horns [2, 69]
[cf B.c-d, F.i. I.d, and J.a-e]

E. Goose Form:
a) Egyptian goose [65, 77-78]

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F. Falcon Form:
a) Falcon-headed god [101]
b) Falcon-headed god with the double crown [142]
c) Falcon-headed god with the sun disk on his head [9, 116, 138]
d) Falcon-headed mummy with the sun disk on his head [3]
e) Man-headed falcon with the Amun-feather crown [106]
f) Ithyphallic man-headed falcon with the Amun-feather crown [4-5, 92]. He flies over the bier of Wesir
[92]
g) Ithyphallic man-headed falcon with the Amun-feather crown and human arms. His left hand grips the
phallus, the right hand is raised below a flail/scourge. He stands on a pond which is growing lotus
flowers. [114]
h) Ithyphallic man-headed falcon with the Tatenen crown and human arms. His left hand grips the
phallus, the right hand is raised below a flail/scourge. He stands on a chest with lotus flowers. [54]
i) Ram-headed falcon with the double-feather crown and sun disk. He stands on a standard. [55]
j) Falcon with *+-head and horizontal rams horns with the sun disk *141+

G. Crocodile Form:
a) Crocodile-headed god with the double-feather crown and sun disk on a horizontal rams horn *72+

H. Snake Form:
a) Erect cobra [119]

I. Pantheistic Depictions:
a) Ithyphallic mummy with the back end of a falcon and wearing the double-feather crown; above his
raised arm is a scourge/flail [59]
b) Ithyphallic god with the Amun-feather crown, perched on the hieroglyph for gold. He has a hawk tail
in the back, one hand is on his phallus, and the other hand is raised under a scourge/flail [60]
c) Upon an oval, a kneeling ithyphallic god with the double-feather crown; his left hand grasps his
phallus, above his raised right arm is a scourge/flail, a falcon tail protrudes from his back. In the oval is a
supine chained enemy [58]
d) A reclining hybrid creature with a rams head and hmhm crown, a lions body, and a crocodiles tail *1+
e) Pantheistic god with a human head and Amun-feather crown, eight additional rams heads, a scarab
body, lions paws for feet, four human arms, six wings, and a falcon- and crocodile tail. [130]
f) Reclining sphinx with a human head and Amun-feather crown; a wing on his back and an animal-
headed tail [139]

J. Other:
a) Inscription on a procession bark with rams heads, an Atef crown is on it *33+
b) The bow and stern of his bark is decorated with a rams head which sits on a lotus flower. On the
rams head are horns and a sun disk, with a cobra at the center. [32]
c) Rams head on a standard *79+
d) Rams head, which is crowned with a sun disk and a cobra *42+
e) Measuring rope/cord with the head of a ram [81]
f) Aniconic Amun [121]

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Member of Groups of Gods:
A.
a) First of the Ennead, who is in the midst of the temple of Seti I (psDt Hryt ib Hwt mn mAat ra) [24]
b) As imn ra *nsw nTrw god of I. prt [45]
c) First in a series of 15 gods in the term imn ra *nb nswt tAwy [40]
d) First of 22 deities in the term imn ra *nsw nTrw m wAst [85]
e) 5th [115] or 7th [116] or 8th [112, 117] or 23rd [118] of 26 (in total 52) deities, standing before the
papyrus thicket of Chemmis in the term imn ra *nb nt rsyt [115] or imn ra *nb nswt tAwy [118] or imn ra
*nb xAsww [116] or imn ra *nb snTy nfr [117] or imn ra *nb [] Dw and imn ra *nsw nTrw [112]
f) In the 34th of 42 invocations in the ritual of Bringing Out (int r bnr) from the STyt Sanctuary of Sokar in
the term imn ra *nsw nTrw *srwD Haw.f m wbn Htp [88]
g) God of the day of II. Axt 1 [96]; II. Axt 18 [97]; IV. Axt 1 [98]; I. prt 24 [99]; III. prt 1 [100]; I. Smw 1
[101]; I. Smw 11 [102]
In the term imn ra *nb pt [97], imn ra *nb nswt tAwy [96, 99-102], imn ra *nsw nTrw [96-97], imn ra *nb
smA bHdt [96]
Variant of imn [98], imn *nb nswt tAwy [102], nb nswt tAwy [100]

B.
a) Fourth in a list of deities, perched in the upper frieze of the outer sanctuary wall, in the term imn ra
*xnty bHdt [86]

C.
a) He is mentioned in a number of deities receiving an incense offering, in the term imn ra *nb nswt
tAwy *xnty ipt swt [46-47]
b) In a long list of gods of Edfu in the term imn ra *nTr aA *sAb Swt *pr m Axt [103] or imn ra *Hry ib
bHdt [104]
d) In a list of deities, whose name continues (rwD) in the term imn ra *nsw nTrw m wAst [145]
Predecessor: iaH [99]
imn ra *nb xAsww [117]
wn m wAst *AxAx r nHH [88]
bHdty *kA Swty *HqA nxAxA [103]
ptH tA Tnn [104]
nt [102]
nt *nbt sAw [116]
nwt *mst nTrw [100]
nb mdw nTr [101]
nb nTrw [101]
nb xmnw [97]
nbt Htpt [98]
nxbt *HDt nxn [112]
nTrw nTrwt nbw [46]
Hwt Hr *nbt imt [115]
Hr *nb msn [86]
sxmt aAt *nbt pt [45]
sSAt [104]
skr [96]

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tm *nb iwnw [47]
dwAw *xnty Sns [118]
DA a [122]
DHwty *wp mAat [97]
DHwty *mn xmnw [97]
Successor: imn ra *nb snTy nfr [116]
wADt *nbt p dp [118]
wsir xnty [imntt *nTr] aA *nb AbDw [47]
bA nb Ddt [97]
bHdty *nTr aA *sAb Swt *103, +
mwt [24]
mwt bAstt m iSrw [85, 145]
mwt *nbt iSrw [40]
mnTw [96, 99, 102]
mnTw nb wAst [96]
nt *nbt sAw [115]
nb nmtt *nb pt [101]
nTrw Xnw pr n STyt [122]
ra Hr Axty [86, 100]
rqH wr[45]
Hr wr iwnw Sma or destroyed [112]
xnsw m wAst [98]
Sw and tfnt *104, +
qAb mn Htpw m rA sTAw [88]
tm *nb tAwy iwnw [46]
tm *nb Tkw [117]

Functions:
A. Identification with Gods:
a) Title of Heru-wer [110]

B. Identification of Gods in Ritual Scenes:

a) Title of Montu in a ritual scene (amulet: wDAw)
b) Title of Montu-Ra in a ritual scene (Maat: mAat) [111]; (cloth: mnxt) [125]

C. Part of a longer term:

a) In the title imn ra *nsw nTrw *ra Hr Axty [38]
b) In the title imn ra *nb nswt tAwy *tm [39]
c) In the title imn ra *xnty ipt.f *tA Tnn [75]

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D. With Geographic Reference:
a) Title of the 4th Upper Egyptian [105], 4th Lower Egyptian [107]; 6th Lower Egyptian [108]; and/or 17th
Lower Egyptian [109] nomes in a procession of relic carriers
b) Title of the temple god in a procession of nome gods (additional Upper Egyptian nome: Hr iAbt) [123]
c) God of the 4th [132], 6th [133], 7th [134], and/or 17th Lower Egyptian nomes in a list of nome gods, who
as each asked for different actions for the deceased
d) God of the 17th Lower Egyptian nome in a procession of gods, offering Wesir an ankh [124]
e) Title of the temple god in a procession of nome gods (w of the 1th Lower Egyptian nome) [76]

E. Recipient of Worship:
a) In a litany with 82 names [37]
b) Invocation to Amun-Ra [41]

F. Other:
a) He is high in his cave (TpHt) [23]
b) In a series of 50 deities of the Mammisi, that name the gods in their months (nTrw m Abdw.sn) and
the excellent ladies in the years (Spswt mnxwt m rnpwt) [94-95]
c) A Hm nTr priest of imn ra *kA mwt.f, who is in the midst of Armant (Hry ib iwnw Sma) [120]

Literature and Citations:

See pages 321-322 of Band 1

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