List of Egyptian pyramidia should not be confused with List of Egyptian pyramids.
Pyramidia (singular: pyramidion) are the capstones of ancient Egyptian pyramids.
Tips of obelisks, also called pyramidia, were not separate stones and are not included in this list.
Image | Associated name(s) | Findspot | Current location | Material(s) | Base | Ref | |||
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in cm | |||||||||
Old Kingdom (c. 2543 – 2120 BC) | |||||||||
4 | Sneferu | Dashur, Red Pyramid | Dashur | Limestone | No | 157 ? | 100 ? | [1] [2] | |
4 | Khufu | Giza, Pyramid G1-d | Giza | Limestone | No | 111.8 | 70.9 | [3] | |
4 | Wife of Menkaure | Giza, Pyramid G3-a | Limestone | No | 112.5 | 75 | |||
5 | Sahure | Abusir, Pyramid of Sahure | Known only from inscription | Limestone, gold | [4] | ||||
5 | Khentkaus II | Abusir, Pyramid of Khentkaus II | Black granite | ||||||
6 | Merenre Nemtyemsaf I | Saqqara, Pyramid of Merenre | Known only from inscription | Black granite | |||||
6 | Udjebten | Saqqara, Pyramid of Udjebten | Known only from inscription | Stone, gold | [5] | ||||
Middle Kingdom (c. 1980 – 1760 BC) | |||||||||
12 | Lisht, Pyramid 3 of Senusret's complex | Red granite | |||||||
12 | Queen (?) ofSenusret I | Lisht, Pyramid 5 of Senusret's complex | Red granite | ||||||
12 | Senusret II | El Lahun, Pyramid of Senusret II | London, Petrie Museum | Black granite | Yes | [6] [7] | |||
12 | Amenemhat III | Dahshur, Black Pyramid (Pyramidion of Amenemhat III) | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | Yes | 185 | 140 | [8] | |
12 | Amenemhat III | Hawara | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | No | 23 | [9] [10] | ||
13 | Khendjer | South Saqqara, Pyramid of Khendjer | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | Yes | 140 | 130 | ||
13 | Merneferre Ay | South Saqqara, Pyramid of Merneferre Ay | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | Yes | 83 | 85 | [11] | |
13 | Southern South Saqqara pyramid | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | No | 156 | 145 | |||
Second Intermediate Period (c. 1759 – 1539 BC) | |||||||||
17 | Intef V | Dra' Abu el-Naga', Pyramid of Intef V | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 34 | 22 | [12] | |
17 | Intef VI | Dra' Abu el-Naga', Pyramid of Intef VI | Limestone | Yes | |||||
17/18 | Amosis | Dra' Abu el-Naga' | Limestone | Yes | |||||
Image | Associated name(s) | Findspot | Current location | Material(s) | Base | Ref | |||
in cm | |||||||||
New Kingdom (c. 1539 – 1077 BC) | |||||||||
18 or earlier | Teti, lector-priest of Senisonb | Theban area ? | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | Limestone | Yes | 31 | 40.5 | ||
18 | Tetisheri | Abydos, Pyramid of Tetisheri | Limestone | Yes | [13] | ||||
18 | Saqqara | Paris, Louvre | Red granite | Yes | 7067.5 | 63 | [14] [15] | ||
18 | Ptahmose, High-Priest of Thutmose III | Saqqara ? | Berlin, Egyptian Museum | Gabbro | Yes | 43 41 | 39.5 | [16] | |
18 | Ahmose ? | Theban area ? | San Jose, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 23.2 | 36.3 | [17] | |
18 | Meriré | Amarna | Berlin, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 3028 | 24 | [18] | |
18 ? | anonymous | Abydos | Brussels, Royal Museums of Art and History | Limestone | Yes | 25.723.5 | 35.7 | [19] | |
18 | Houy | Saqqara | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Gray granite | Yes | 32 | 36 | ||
18 | Nedjem | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 33 | 43.5 | |||
18 | Amenhotep (Huy) | Saqqara | Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden | Red granite | Yes | 77 | 67 | [20] | |
18 | Amenemone | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 43.5 | 37 | ||
18 | anonymous | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 50 | 48 | [21] | ||
18 | Ptahemwia | Saqqara | Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden | Limestone | Yes | 28 | 42 | [22] | |
18 | Nebanon | Thebes | Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst | Limestone | Yes | 46 | |||
18 | Imenemheb | Qurnet Murai | Paris, Louvre | Sandstone | Yes | 44.5 | 85.7 | [23] | |
18 | Pay | Memphis | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 4544.5 | 40 | [24] | |
18 | Kha | Deir el-Medina, Pyramid chapel of TT8 | Paris, Louvre | Sandstone | Yes | 49 | 83 | [25] | |
18 | Hori | Abu Tig | Seattle Art Museum | Limestone | Yes | 28.5 | 31.6 | [26] | |
18 | Nakhtmin ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | No | 65 | 65 | |||
18 or later | Amarna, South Tombs Cemetery | Limestone | 2420 | 35 | [27] | ||||
18/19 | Raia | Saqqara | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum | Limestone | Yes | 37.431.3 | 33.3 | [28] | |
18/19 | Mahu, the Quarter Master | Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland | Limestone,plaster, paint | Yes | 18 | 36.5 | [29] | ||
18/19 | Ry (Roy), head of bowmen | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 48.5 | 49 | ||
18/19 | anonymous | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 34.5 | 61.5 | |||
18/19 | Neferhotep | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 40 | 34 | |||
18/19 | Huy, Servant in the Place of Truth | Deir el-Medina | Sandstone | Yes | 35.6 | 35.6 | |||
18/19 | Nornakht | Aniba | Sandstone | Yes | 30.727.8 | 28 | |||
After 18 ? | Khonsou / Hori | Gurob | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 31 | 40 | ||
19 | Khay (vizier) | Pyramid of Khay | Sheikh Abd el-Qurna | Granodiorite | [30] | ||||
19 | Tia (princess) andTia (overseer of treasury) | Saqqara, Pyramid of the two Tias | Lost c. 1792 AD | Red granite | Yes | 91 | 76 | [31] | |
19 | Scribe Mose (Ms) | West-Thebes ? | Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum | Limestone | Yes | 52 | [32] [33] | ||
19 | Minemheb | Thebes | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum | Limestone | Yes | 34 | 47.5 | [34] | |
19 | Senres ? | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 5136.5 | 43.5 | [35] | ||
19 | Nehi | Qurnet Murai | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 61 | 57 | ||
19 | Ptahemouia | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 5544 | 38 | ||
19 | Nebmeroutef Ry | Beit Khallaf | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 24 | 20 | ||
19 | Messouy | Temple of Amada | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 42 | 67 | ||
19 | anonymous | Kurna | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Faience | Yes | 37 | 26 | ||
19 | Anu (Aâouy) | Aniba | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 46.5 | 56 | ||
19 | Amenhotep-Huy | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Grey granite | Yes | 52 | 50 | ||
19 | Kenro | El-Khokha, TT178 | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Faience | Yes | 39 | 28 | ||
19 | Tourobay | Deir el-Medina | St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum | Limestone | Yes | 17 | 26 | ||
19 | Neferronpet | Saqqara | Liverpool, National Museums | Granite | Yes | 3329 | 46 | [36] | |
19 | Hornefer | Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 33.5 | 40 | [37] | |
19 | Intj | Abydos | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 40 | 40 | [38] | |
19 | Nebamun (Nebamontet) | Deir el-Medina | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 15 | 18.5 | [39] | |
19 | anonymous | Gurob | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 24 | [40] [41] | ||
19 | anonymous | Gurob | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 27.5 | [42] [43] | ||
19 | Pyay | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 35 | 37 | [44] | |
19 | Ramose | Deir el-Medina | Turin, Museo Egizio | Limestone | Yes | 57.5 | 70 | [45] | |
19 | Khonsou | Deir el-Medina, chapel of tomb 1 | Turin, Museo Egizio | Limestone | Yes | 43 | 59 | ||
19 | Nebnefer / Neferhotep | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 36 | 50 | |||
19 | Sennedjem | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 61.5 | 61.5 | |||
19 ? | Neferrenpet ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | |||||
19 | Penmerenab ? | Deir el-Medina, chapel 322 | Yes | ||||||
19 | Amenemope | Deir el-Medina, tomb 215 ? | Limestone | Yes | |||||
19 | Ptahmose | Saqqara | London, British Museum | Yes | [46] | ||||
19 | Ramses II ? | Wadi es-Sebua | Yes | 45 | 75 | ||||
19 | Thothermektef ? | Deir el-Medina, TT357 | Yes | 36 | 30 | ||||
19 | [Messouy] | Temple of Amada | Sandstone | Yes | 48 | 75 | |||
19 | Pennout ? | Aniba | Sandstone | No | 4540 | 65 | |||
19/20 | Meri-imen Ra-mesu | Western Thebes | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum | Sandstone,paint | Yes | 36.430.1 | 44.6 | [47] | |
19/20 | Hori | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Sandstone | Yes | 3837 | 41 | [48] | |
19/20 ? | Abydos | Pennsylvania, Penn Museum | Limestone | Yes | [49] | ||||
19/20 | Tjeper | Abydos | Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland | Black basalt | Yes | 25 | 25 | [50] | |
19/20 | Amenhotp | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 42 | 45.5 | ||
19/20 | Amenemheb /Neferrenpet | Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 2724 | 36 | [51] | |
19/20 | Khat | Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 49 | 65 | [52] | |
19/20 | Taya | Saqqara | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 4136.3 | 35 | [53] | |
19/20 | Khonsouhetep | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 36 | 40.2 | [54] | ||
19/20 | Pagerger | Memphis | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 25 | 24.5 | [55] | |
19/20 | Aamakt | Deir el-Medina, TT356 | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 37 | 39.2 | [56] [57] | |
19/20 | Ipy | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 23 | 33 | [58] | |
19/20 | Tourbay | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 24.523 | 34 | [59] [60] | |
19/20 | Amenemope | Thebes | Vatican Museums | Limestone | Yes | 30 | 34 | [61] | |
19/20 | Deir el-Medina, tomb 219 | Limestone | Yes | ||||||
19/20 | Amenemouia ? | Deir el-Medina | Sandstone | Yes | |||||
19/20 | Amennakht Dydy ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | |||||
19/20 | Houy ? | Deir el-Medina, tomb 1336 | Limestone | Yes | |||||
19/20 ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | ||||||
19/20 | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 35-45 | 60-70 | ||||
19/20 | Amennakht | Deir el-Medina, 1349 or 1343 | Limestone | Yes | |||||
20 | God's Adorer ʒst | Qift | London, British Museum | Limestone, plaster | Yes | 43 | 38.2 | [62] | |
20 | Iry | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 2321 | 32 | |||
20 | Kaha | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | |||||
NK | Nebseny | Memphis | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 40 | 53 | [63] | |
NK | Paris, Louvre | Faience | Yes | 15.5 | 13.2 | [64] | |||
NK | Penmehet | Beit Khallaf | Berlin, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 32.5 | 65 | [65] | |
NK ? | Bekenamun | English private collection | Limestone | Yes | 35.2 | 38.1 | [66] | ||
NK ? | Harsiesi | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 23 | |||
NK ? | Ptahmose/Paherpedjet | Abydos ? | Copenhague | Limestone | Yes | 35 | 37 | ||
NK | Amenhotep | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Limestone | Yes | 2321 | 32 | |||
NK | anonymous | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Limestone | Yes | 1412.5 | 38 | |||
NK | anonymous | Heidelberg, Sammlung des Ägyptologischen Instituts | Sandstone | Yes | 46 | 69 | |||
NK | Mose (?) | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 4841 | 60.5 | ||
NK | anonymous | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 2725 | 40.5 | |||
NK | Amenemopet | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 32.5 | 53 | ||
NK | Pauty | Saqqara | Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden | Limestone | Yes | 47 | 47 | [67] | |
NK | Tjanefer | Deir el-Medina, temple of Mentouhotep | London, British Museum | Black basalt | Yes | 2220 | 24 | [68] | |
NK | Buqentef | Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 2819.5 | 66 | [69] [70] | |
NK ? | Djehuty (Thuti) | Deir el-Medina, temple of Mentouhotep | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 11.4 | 18 | [71] | |
NK | anonymous | Deir el-Medina | Turin, Museo Egizio | Limestone | Yes | 15 | 20 | ||
NK | anonymous | Gurnah | Voronezh | Sandstone | Yes | [72] | |||
NK | Pached ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | |||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | ||||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | ||||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | |||||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | |||||||
NK | Aniba | Sandstone | Yes | 40 | |||||
NK | Roro | Deir el-Medina | Leipzig University | Limestone | Yes | 26 | 54 | ||
NK | Penbouy ? | Deir el-Medina | Yes | ||||||
NK | Tiro ? | Deir el-Medina | Yes | ||||||
NK | |||||||||
NK | Panufer | Thebes | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Granite | |||||
NK | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Yes | ||||||
Image | Associated name(s) | Findspot | Current location | Material(s) | Base | Ref | |||
in cm | |||||||||
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt (c. 1077 – 722 BC) | |||||||||
~21 | Nestaouat | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 31.530 | 29.5 | ||
21 | Bennebensekhaf | Thebes | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 48 | 47.6 | [73] | |
TIP/LP | anonymous | Liverpool, National Museums | Wood, gesso, paint | Yes | 1412 | 25 | [74] | ||
Late Period (c. 722 – 332 BC) | |||||||||
26 | Iufaa | Abydos | NYC, Metropolitan Museum of Art | Limestone,paint | Yes | 27.226.4 | 35.5 | [75] | |
26 | Nesnubhotep | Abydos | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 35 | [76] [77] | ||
26 | Wedjahor | Abydos | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 48.5 | 58 | [78] | |
26 | Pedesi (Petisis) | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | ||||
26 | Khepri | Abydos | Trieste, Civico Museo di Storia Naturale | Limestone | Yes | 23.5 | 37 | [79] | |
26 | Nesipakashuty, Vizier | Abydos | Glasgow, Burrell Collection | Limestone | Yes | 25.621.9 | 38.5 | [80] | |
26 | Hr-zi-ist | Yes | [81] | ||||||
26 ? | Esnubhotp | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Stone | Yes | 40 | |||
26 ? | Djedhor | Abydos | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 39.438.3 | 35.5 | [82] | |
30? | Abydos | Avignon, Calvet Museum | |||||||
30 or later | Rer and Nitokris | Abydos | St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum | Limestone,paint | Yes | 36.5 | 44 | [83] [84] | |
Late | Horemakhbit | Abydos | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 36 | 34 | [85] | |
Late | Padipahernefer | Abydos ? | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 29 | 33 | [86] | |
Late | Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland | Limestone | [87] | ||||||
Late | Nespemede | Abydos | Destroyed in WWII ? | Yes | 26 | ||||
Late | Pakhnum | Abybos | Durham University | Limestone | Yes | 25.225 | 35.7 | [88] [89] | |
Late | Harhotep, Head Dancer of Bastet | [90] | |||||||
Unknown date | |||||||||
Abydos | Abydos ? | Gray granite | No | 4735 | 45 | ||||
Abydos | Gray granite | No | 6241 | 49 | |||||
Image | Associated name(s) | Findspot | Current location | Material(s) | Base | Ref | |||
in cm |