Amun-Re-Kamutef
Amun-Re-Kamutef in hieroglyphics | ||||||||
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Middle realm |
Amun-Re-Kamutef Jmn-Rˁ-K3 mw.t = f Amun-Re, his mother's bull |
Amun-Re-Kamutef (also Min-Kamutef , Amenemope ) was an ancient Egyptian deity. Since the Middle Kingdom , Amun of Thebes appeared in the three special forms " Amun-Re, Lord of Karnak ", " Amun-Re, Lord of Luxor " and "Amun-Re-Kamutef", with Amun-Re-Kamutef playing the double role represented as "father" and "son" at the same time.
The three deities were accordingly worshiped in the Temple of Amun-Re in Karnak , the Temple of Amun-Re in Luxor and the Temple of Amun-Re-Kamutef in Karnak . Iconographically , Amun-Re-Kamutef adopted the ithyphallic form of the Min .
Representations in Karnak are documented from the reigns of Amenhotep I and Thutmose I. Hatshepsut calls himself the “eldest daughter of Amun-Re-Kamutef” on the base of the obelisk , which can be seen on the murals north of her sanctuary in Karnak. Thutmose III. also cites Amun-Re-Kamutef in his festival temple. The joint establishment of the Amun Re Kamutef Temple in Karnak is based on this foundation.
See also
literature
- Helmuth Jacobsohn: The dogmatic position of the king in the theology of the ancient Egyptians . Augustin, Glückstadt 1955.
- Herbert Ricke : The Kamutef Shrine Hatshepsut and Thutmoses' III. in Karnak. Report on an excavation in front of the mother temple district. Swiss Institute for Egyptian Building Research and Antiquity, Cairo 1954.