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Pyramidion of the Royal Scribe Ramose

Museo Egizio, Turin

At Deir el-Medina, tomb chapels were topped with small mud-brick pyramids, finished with a carved stone capstone, or pyramidion. Its faces usually show the owner worshiping the sun god, linking the tomb with the daily rebirth of the sun.

This pyramidion belonged to Ramose, a royal scribe at Deir el-Medina during the reign of Ramesses II, who was one of the most prominent and well-documented members of the village community and built several monuments there.


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19th Dynasty (reign of Ramesses II)
Museo Egizio, Turin
Deir el-Medina, Egypt
Pyramidion