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> The issue with this name though is that it is
> never in a cartouche and never appears with the
> rest of his titularly.
I've looked at examples online and don't see the lunar/non-lunar items. It may be something I'm looking at but simply don't recognize your problem with it... could you link an example for me?
For example, I see this (http://www.joanannlansberry.com/fotoart/tut/5scarabs.html) which is the "Sun Rising" amulet, but the design suggests that it's honoring Kepher (because he's sitting on his solar boat) and is not intended to have the king's name on it. It's similar to but not identical with the "nomen" pectoral that's shown here: [
egypt-museum.com]
> The question is as the Moon did not seem to figure
> at all in "Atenism", why did Tutankhaten have
> lunar items at the start of his reign, if not
> earlier, and why were they seemingly mothballed by
> the time of the final ditching of the Aten.
Since there were at least two other kings before his reign, I don't see a real problem with this. As far as I can tell, Atenism was ditched right after the death of Akhenaten. And since the grave goods were from several other people (repurposed, like the tomb), it's faintly possible that it was made for someone else and then re-strung or modified to fit Tutankamun.
> lunar name, and was it normal practise for a king
> to have a secondary throne name,
Yes. By this time it was common for the king to have at least five throne names.
> and he was still
> officially Nebkheperure from the start of his
> reign, but that it was never in a cartouche, or is
> this yet another Amarna mystery applicable only to
> Tutankhamun.
That's what makes me wonder if it DOES spell out his name... or if it's simply a religious reference (a bad example of what I mean is if a guy named Christopher was buried with some dog tags and also with a cross. While the cross might refer to Christ, it's not a reference to his actual name.)
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