\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This damascened bronze statuette represents Karomama, priestess of the god Amon. She held the post of ôdivine worshiperö in the temple
of Karnak, which means that she was the bride of the sun god, a religious function reserved for daughters of the pharaohs from the Twenty-second Dynasty onward.\par
This allowed the ruler to exercise control over the templeÆs great wealth and keep the