This relief shows Pharaoh Seti I making an offering to Amun-Ra. The
votive object consists of a ram emblematic animal of Amun. The oldest
and longest venerated ruler of ancient Egypt, Amun meaning "hidden"
and Ra meaning "light" translates to "hidden light". The sacred
creature of Amun is the ram with curved horns. This image was
probably suggested by the ram's procreative energy, a symbol to his
aspect as a god of fertility. "Woserhat", the gilded, festival boat
of Amun had a ram's head at its prow and stern, and the processional
roads to his temple were flanked with ram-headed lions. Pharaohs
repeatedly called themselves "Merry-Amun" or beloved of Amun. Also,
since the ruler was "Son of Ra" it followed that Amun was father of
the Monarch. As God of the Theban capital, Amun attained the position
of supreme state God. Lastly, the God "He who abides in all things",
was imagined as the soul (Ba) of all phenomena.

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