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Aten   /ˈeɪtən/   Listen
Aten

noun
1.
The sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten.  Synonym: Aton.






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"Aten" Quotes from Famous Books



... typical of him. He had in his collection a beautiful little ring of the eighteenth dynasty. It was said to have belonged to Queen Ti, the mother of our friend Amenhotep the Fourth; but I don't think that could have been so, because the device on it was the Eye of Osiris, and Ti, as you know, was an Aten-worshipper. However, it was a very charming ring, and Uncle John, who had a queer sort of devotion to the mystical Eye of Osiris, commissioned a very clever goldsmith to make two exact copies of it, one for himself and one for me. The goldsmith naturally wanted to take the measurements ...
— The Vanishing Man • R. Austin Freeman



Words linked to "Aten" :   Aton, Egyptian deity



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