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A pyramidion (plural: pyramidia) is the capstone of an Egyptian pyramid or the upper section of an obelisk. [1] Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language referred to pyramidia as benbenet [ 2 ] and associated the pyramid as a whole with the sacred benben stone .
(Pyramidion of Amenemhat III) Cairo, Egyptian Museum: Black granite Yes 185 140 [11] [12] 12 Amenemhat III Hawara: London, Petrie Museum Limestone No 23 [13] [14] 13: Khendjer: South Saqqara, Pyramid of Khendjer: Cairo, Egyptian Museum Black granite Yes 140 130 [15] [16] [17] 13 Merneferre Ay: South Saqqara, Pyramid of Merneferre Ay Cairo ...
Pyramidion of Amenemhat III from the Black Pyramid, Twelfth Dynasty. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. In the Pyramid Texts, e.g. Utterances 587 and 600, Atum himself is at times referred to as "mound". It was said to have turned into a small pyramid, located in Heliopolis (Egyptian: Annu or Iunu), within which Atum was said to dwell. Other cities ...
An obelisk (/ ˈ ɒ b ə l ɪ s k /; from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), [2] [3] diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós) ' spit, nail, pointed pillar') [4] is a tall, slender, tapered monument with four sides and a pyramidal or pyramidion top. [5]
The pyramidion of Amenemhat III is the capstone that once crowned the Black Pyramid at Dashur, Egypt. Crafted around 1850 BC, towards the end of the 12th Dynasty during the Middle Kingdom , it remained mostly intact and is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
During the earliest period, pyramids were constructed wholly of stone. Locally quarried limestone was the material of choice for the main body of these pyramids, while a higher quality of limestone quarried at Tura (near modern Cairo) was used for the outer casing.
Fragments of a rare pyramidion, or capstone, for the Red Pyramid was uncovered and reconstructed, and is now on display at the Red Pyramid's site at Dahshur. However, whether the fragments were actually ever part of a pyramidion is unclear, as the reconstruction's angle of inclination differs from that of the pyramid for which it was apparently ...
The name for a pyramid in Egyptian is myr, written with the symbol 𓉴 (O24 in the Gardner Sign List). Myr is preceded by three other signs used as phonetics. The meaning of myr is unclear, as it only self-references the built object itself.