PYRAMIDION OF BENNEBENSEKHAUEF Textile particularly when it seems to

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Middle pocket: 20cm x 27cm

Base Notes: Amber

“Iznik”

This album was published alongside the museum’s second temporary exhibition "Globes: Visions of the World" which traces our spherical conception of the world and universe

PYRAMIDION OF BENNEBENSEKHAUEF Textile particularly when it seems toThe pyramidion, originally placed on the top of the small pyramid over the tomb of the owner, was an important feature of the funerary cult practiced by ancient Egyptians. The four faces of this example are engraved with prayers to permit the deceased to share the fate of the sun, that is to say eternal renaissance, in the next world. This particular pyramidion comes from the tomb of an important member of the Theban clergy during the 21st Dynasty,