ABOUT
Josh created Atum with the aim to give you the highest quality in craftsmanship & Stonemasonry in Somerset, Wiltshire, the Cotswold's, Gloucestershire and your local area.
We are very happy to work alongside your own tradesmen to allow you to create your dream. We also have several excellent companies that we trust to recommend to you
We will do our absolute upmost to make sure that you are completely satisfied and will always go that one step further for you!
we are constantly working to improve and adapt our services and aim to grow with our clients to make sure you get finish you and your home deserves.
We will listen and work with you to create your dream.
We are also very proudly a member of the Guild of Mastercraftsmen.
OUR RUFF MASONS 🐕
One of our favourite parts of the job is to meet our 'Ruff' Mason helpers for the day.
Where Atum Came From
Atum was one of the main gods as well as one of the oldest in ancient Egypt. He was a creator and sun god, together with Re, Horakhty and Khepri. His name is derived from the verb tem, which has either a positive meaning, "the accomplished one", or a negative meaning, "the one who did not come to being yet". He is well attested from numerous textual and iconographic sources. In fact, he is one of the eight or nine most frequently mentioned gods in the Pyramid Texts so we have a good deal of very early information regarding his mythological roles and characteristics.
Atum was the great primeval deity of Heliopolis, and his cult rose to importance as early as the Old Kingdom. His most essential nature is that of the "self-engendered one", who arose at the beginning of time and who created the first gods.
Primal Mound
Atum, however, was not only the creator, but the original creation itself. He was the primeval mound which rose from the waters of creation and was represented in this aspect by the sacred ben-ben stone, which was worshipped at Heliopolis from the earliest dynasties. Benben was the mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu upon which the creator deity Atum settled. The Benben stone (also known as a pyramidion) is the top stone of the pyramid. It is also related to the obelisk.
