Atum as monkey archer

Oct 16, 2026 | Amulets of goddesses, gods, and sacred animals, Human-form gods

Copper alloy Atum as a striding monkey archer

Atum, the principal god of Heliopolis, was symbolically represented by a serpent, a mongoose, a lion, a bull, a lizard, or rarely as a Cercopithecus monkey archer1,2

Copper alloy Atum as a striding monkey archer

Copper alloy striding archer H 4.0 Late Period Art Market

Faded green glazed Atum as a striding monkey archer

Faded green glazed striding archer base slightly broken H 4.7 Late Period Sale Vermot & Associés, Egyptologie, Drouot, Paris lot 109, May 16 2023

Reference

1Wilkinson R H. The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, 2003, Thames & Hudson, pp. 98-101
2None, Unpublished amulet