pyramidion
- Museum number
- EA1482
- Description
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Limestone pyramidion of Wedjahor with relief scenes and hieroglyphic inscriptions on all four sides, showing the deceased worshipping Osiris and being embalmed by Anubis.
- Production date
- 630BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 5 centimetres (plinth)
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Height: 58 centimetres
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Weight: 50 kilograms (estimate)
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Width: 48.50 centimetres (plinth)
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Width: 45 centimetres
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Depth: 48.50 centimetres (plinth)
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Depth: 44 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
De Meulenaere, JEOL 20 (1967): 13-15, pl.VI
G. Pinch, Magic in Ancient Egypt (London 1994), fig.80.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2011 10 Feb - 10 June, Coventry, Herbert Museum, Secret Egypt
2011 10 June - 24th Oct Torquay Museum, Secret Egypt
2014, Feb. Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery. Spotlight Loan.
2016-2017 10 Oct-30 Apr, Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, Ancient Lives
2017 16 Jun-18 Oct, Hong Kong Science Museum, Ancient Lives
2017-2018 14 Nov-20 Feb, Taiwan, National Palace Museum, Ancient Lives
2018 16 Mar-22 Jul, Brisbane, Queensland Museum of Art, Ancient Lives
2019-2020 14 Sept- 28 Jun, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Lives EXTENDED DUE TO COVID19
2020-2021, 19 Sept - 21 Mar, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Lives
2021-2022 9 Oct - 10 Jan, Tokyo, Museum of Science and Nature, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 5 Feb- 8 May, Kobe City Museum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 14 Jul - 26 Oct, Madrid, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022-2023 1 Dec – 19 Mar, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2023 25 Apr - 2 Sep, Seville, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1909
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA1482
- Registration number
- 1909,0710.1
