I created the pendant from high fire clay, air dried then carved the solar disc. Fired for several hours in the kiln, glazed and fired once again.
The pendant has been strung onto an adjustable 2mm black satin cord and measures 1-5/8'' long by 1'' wide by 3/16'' thick ( 42mm x 27mm x 5mm).
About the Aten:
Aten is the Sun-disk venerated by the Egyptians. The Aten was originally the conveyance of Atum, the sun God, but later evolved into a deity in its own right. The monotheistic religion of the Aten briefly replaced the original Egyptian practices under Amenhotep IV, who called himself Akhenaten (“Son of Aten”) and required his subjects to worship the Aten.
The new religion was terribly unpopular and was abolished by his son, Tutankhaten (Tutankhamen.)
