Ay, who bore the title 'God's Father' at Amarna, is widely identified as Nefertiti's father, the provincial official whose daughter rose to become the most powerful queen in Egyptian history.
⚠ Ay's parentage of Nefertiti is inferred from his title 'God's Father' and his prominence at court, but no inscription explicitly names him as her father. Some scholars propose alternative identifications.
Ay stood as Akhenaten's foremost courtier at Amarna, bearing the title 'God's Father,' and had the Great Hymn to the Aten inscribed upon the walls of his tomb as testament to the king's new theology.
The Great Hymn to the Aten was inscribed in thirteen columns on the west wall of Ay's tomb at Akhetaten, preserving the central text of Atenism in the burial chamber of Akhenaten's trusted courtier.
Ay succeeded Tutankhamun as pharaoh and oversaw his burial in the Valley of the Kings. As 'God's Father,' Ay performed the Opening of the Mouth ceremony depicted on the tomb walls of KV62.
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