Pyramidion of Iufaa, Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664–525 BC, From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Limestone, paint, H. 36 cm (14 3/16 in.); Base 25 × 25.5 cm (9 13/16 × 10 1/16 in.), This steep-sided pyramidion is inscribed for Iufaa, a priest of Osiris, ruler of the Netherworld, at his sacred site of Abydos, and originally would have surmounted a memorial chapel at this site. It is decorated on all four faces, with almost identical images on each pair of opposing sides
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