Sir-- TUTANKHAMEN AMENISM, ATENISM AND EGYPTIAN MONOTHEISM WITH HIEROGLYPHIC TEXTS OF HYMNS TO AMEN ANDATEN,TRANSLATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONSBY SIJi ERNESTJiW'ALLISBUDGE,LITT.D.,JD.LITT. KEEPER OF THE EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM LONDON: MARTIN HOPKINSON AND COMPANY LTD: HENRIETTA 14 COVENT GARDEN. STREET, 1923 SI V5 PrintedinGreatBritainby HarrisoQ & Sons, Ltd., 45-47, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE EDWARD STANHOPE MOLYNEUX HERBERT EARL OF CARNARVON CONTENTS PAGE The Reign of Tutankhamen I Tutankhamen and the Cult of Amen 14 A Hymn to Amen and Aten 46 The Cult of Aten, the God and Disk of the Sun, its origin, development and decline 55 Development of the Cult of Aten under Amenhetep IV 75 Hymns to Aten III A Hymn to Aten by the King 116 A.Hymn to Aten by Ai, Overseer of the Horse 122 Hymns to the Sun-god 136 Monotheism Egyptian 140 Index . . . . . . . . 153