pyramidia

Pyramidion, possibly from top of a limestone stela; three faces inscribed and one missing. Depiction, on front side with shrine-top at base, of seated male wearing sidelock of youth and earring, holding lotus, identified in hieroglyphs as "excellent spirit [of Ra]", trace of solar motif above (boat?); on other sides depictions of men and women with ornate hairstyles, arms raised in adoration, on one side a couple, heads and any inscriptions lost, on another a couple with hieroglyphs naming man as Nebamun and giving prayer "grant [abundante] upon abundance, sustenance upon sustenance, nourishment upon nourishment", with motif of god in boat on sky-hieroglyph above, and on another depiction of a man, and hieroglyphic inscriptions including name Nebamun.

- Stewart, Harry Milne, Egyptian stelae, reliefs and paintings from the Petrie collection: part 1. The New Kingdom, 61, pl 49

19th Dynasty

LDUCE-UC14574

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology