141: The Restoration of Amun

I'm bringing ma'at back. One of Tutankhamun's famous projects is the Restoration, a country-wide program of repairs and gifts for major temples. After the excesses of Akhenaten, the boy king and his government invested massive amounts of resources. Their goal? Renew the temples, replenish the priesthood, and curry favour with both the gods and the elites of Egyptian society...  

• Date c.1341 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:

•  J. Bennett, ‘The Restoration Inscription of Tut’ankhamūn’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 25 (1939), 8–15. JSTOR.
• A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd Edition edn, Cairo, 2017).
• M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).
• N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
• W.J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995).
• N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).
• M. van Nederhof, “Restoration Stela of Tutankhamun,” Transliteration and translation online.
• M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).
• The Epigraphic Survey, Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple – Volume I: The Festival Procession of Opet in the Colonnade Hall (Chicago, 1994).
• The Epigraphic Survey, Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple – Volume II: The Facade, Portals, Upper Register Scenes, Columns, Marginalia, and Statuary in the Colonnade Hall (Chicago, 1998).

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