Pyramidion of Meri-imen Ra-mesu
19th–20th Dynasty, ca. 1237–1150 BC
A small pyramid-shaped structure crowned with this pyramidion was built above the subterranean burial place of Meri-imen Ra-mesu, a priest at the funerary temple of Ramesses II, the Ramesseum. The depictions on one face of the pyramidion show the tomb owner in an attitude of prayer before Osiris with Isis and Nephthys; on the opposite side he prays to the ram-headed god Amun-Re-Harakhty.
A small pyramid-shaped structure crowned with this pyramidion was built above the subterranean burial place of Meri-imen Ra-mesu, a priest at the funerary temple of Ramesses II, the Ramesseum. The depictions on one face of the pyramidion show the tomb owner in an attitude of prayer before Osiris with Isis and Nephthys; on the opposite side he prays to the ram-headed god Amun-Re-Harakhty.
Time:
19th–20th Dynasty, ca. 1237–1150 BC
Object Name
Pyramidion
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Theben-West
Material/technology:
Painted sandstone
Dimensions:
H 44,6 cm, B 36,4 cm, T 30 cm, G 45 kg
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 209
Provenance
1845, gift of Anton von Laurin