116: Akhenaten's Great Hymn

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Akhenaten (Part 7): The Great Hymn to Aten. In 1356 BCE, Egypt sweltered under the heat of Aten's rays; the god's servant, King Akhenaten, glorified the deity above all. We see this in some remarkable prayers and hymns which survive in the hidden tombs of Akhenaten's city. In these sepulchres, we find glimpses of the King's beliefs and how he expressed them... Date = c.1356 BCE King = Akhenaten Queen = Nefertiti Location = Akhet-Aten / Amarna Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Aten Hymn Translation: UCL Website Cyril Aldred, Akhenaten King of Egypt, 1988. Jan Assmann, Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom, 1995. Norman de Garis Davies, The Rock Tombs of el-Amarna, Vol. VI: The Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu, and Aye, 1908. Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014. James K. Hoffmeier, Akhenaten & The Origins of Monotheism, 2015. Erik Hornung, Akhenaten and the Religion of Light, 1999. Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, vol. 2, 1976. William J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, 1995. William J. Murnane and Charles van Siclen III, The Boundary Stelae of Akhenaten, 1993. Donald B. Redford, Akhenaten the Heretic King, 1987 Stephen Quirke, The Cult of Ra: Sun-Worship in Ancient Egypt, 2001. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hiehik niferimaket-net-pit, i'ten-an-a-anq-shah-anq.
0:09.0	Uwebenti im a-ket, mehinnik taneb, and neferu-ek.
0:16.0	Beautifully, you appear from the horizon of heaven, O living aten who initiates life. For you are risen from
0:24.1	the eastern horizon and have filled every land with your beauty. For you are fair, great, dazzling,
0:31.4	and high over every land, and your rays enclose the land to their limit of all you have made.
0:38.6	You are ray, having reached their limit, and subdued them for your beloved sun.
0:43.8	Although you are far away, your rays are upon the earth.
0:47.4	You are in their sight, but your movements are hidden.
1:11.4	Hello and welcome to the History of Egypt podcast.
1:15.2	Episode 116, Adoring Aten.
1:21.3	Today, we begin at last to explore the religion of Akanatin in depth.
1:29.4	We've seen his early developments as a ruler, his bold artistic styles, and his radical movement away from the traditional capital cities, towards a new home. Arquette Aten, horizon of Aten, a new city for the king and his
1:37.2	god. Now we can start to delve into Akanaten's beliefs and how he expressed them in the
1:43.7	happy years that he spent at his
1:45.8	city of the sun.
1:47.5	In this episode, we begin with the Big One, the great hymn to Aten, a text of unparalleled
1:54.1	importance in understanding the man's ideas and what he did in service to his God.
2:01.6	This episode was supported by Claudia Joseph and Lane, who kindly became early patrons
2:07.2	of the podcast back in 2018.
2:10.4	Thank you kindly folks, especially for sticking with me for over a year.
2:14.8	You rock.
2:16.1	May Arten's rays shine upon you.
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