7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

Franz Waldner collection, Munich.
Resandro collection, acquired prior to 1985.

S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Entdeckungen, Ägyptische Kunst in Süddeutschland, Munich, 1985, p. 92, no. 75.
S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1993, Mainz am Rhein, 1993, p. 84, no. 57.
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 69, no. R-248.

Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägypischer Kunst, Entdeckungen, Ägyptische Kunst in Süddeutschland, 30 August-6 October 1985.
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst Munchen; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.

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According to Wilkinson 'Atum was the monad, the one from which all originally came.' (R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, London, 2003, p. 99). In mythology, Atum was the primeval god of Heliopolis. It was believed that the other gods were created through the dissemination of his semen, or alternatively, his saliva. He is most often represented seated, in anthropomorphic form, wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, as seen here in the present example (op. cit. p. 100).