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Work #1867

Great Hymn to the Aten

Akhenaten
c. 1340 BCE · Egyptian (Late Egyptian)
Hymn (inscribed in the tomb of Ay at Amarna) · Egyptian religious literature / Amarna theology

"O sole god, like whom there is no other" — the first monotheistic hymn, celebrating the Aten as universal creator and source of all life

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Attribute Great Hymn to the Aten
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Cyclical
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature not engaged
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation not engaged
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Partial
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Singular
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Non-conserved
Information · Granularity not engaged

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Great Hymn to the Aten

The Aten is eternal; daily solar cycle structures cyclical time; deterministic — the Aten alone directs all.

Space

Great Hymn to the Aten

Aten's rays fill infinite space; each land and creature has its appointed local place.

Matter

Great Hymn to the Aten

All life created and sustained by the Aten; matter is finite and dependent on divine energy.

Observer

Great Hymn to the Aten

Akhenaten as sole knower of the Aten; singular privileged observer; personal divine agency.

Energy

Great Hymn to the Aten

The Aten is pure radiant energy — light and warmth as the ontological ground of all life.

Information

Great Hymn to the Aten

The Aten's creative knowledge is conserved; Akhenaten's own name was erased after death.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Great Hymn to the Aten

Universal god versus exclusive knowledge (only Akhenaten knows the Aten). Natural theology (visible sun) versus violent iconoclasm (suppressing all other cults). Benevolent universalism coexists with absolute political exclusivity.