PYRAMIDION OF BENNEBENSEKHAUEF Size_Canvas_S_400_271 Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al Batuti

Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al Batuti

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This nocturnal watch is an artifact used to obtain the time at night using the fixed stars in the sky

PYRAMIDION OF BENNEBENSEKHAUEF Size_Canvas_S_400_271 Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al BatutiThe 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,