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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.

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Image Dyn Associated name(s) Findspot Current location Material(s) Deco Base Hgt Ref
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 [4]
5 Sahure Abusir, Pyramid of Sahure Known only from inscription Limestone, gold [5]
5 Khentkaus II Abusir, Pyramid of Khentkaus II Black granite [4]
6 Merenre Nemtyemsaf I Saqqara, Pyramid of Merenre Known only from inscription Black granite [4]
6 Udjebten Saqqara, Pyramid of Udjebten Known only from inscription Stone, gold [4][6]
Middle Kingdom
(c. 1980 – 1760 BC)
12 Queen (?) of

Senusret I

 Lisht, Pyramid 3 of Senusret's complex Red granite [7]
12 Queen (?) of

Senusret I

 Lisht, Pyramid 5 of Senusret's complex Red granite [8]
12 Senusret II El Lahun, Pyramid of Senusret II London, Petrie Museum Black granite Yes [9][10]
12 Amenemhat III Dahshur, Black Pyramid
(Pyramidion of Amenemhat III)		 Cairo, Egyptian Museum Black granite Yes 185 140 [11][12]
12 Amenemhat III Hawara London, Petrie Museum Limestone No 23 [13][14]
13 Khendjer South Saqqara, Pyramid of Khendjer Cairo, Egyptian Museum Black granite Yes 140 130 [15][16]
[17]
13 Merneferre Ay South Saqqara, Pyramid of Merneferre Ay Cairo, Egyptian Museum Black granite Yes 83 85 [18][19]
13 Southern South Saqqara pyramid Cairo, Egyptian Museum Black granite No 156 145 (slp) [16][20]
[21]
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 [22][23]
17 Intef VI Dra' Abu el-Naga', Pyramid of Intef VI Limestone Yes [24]
17/18 Ahmose[25] Dra' Abu el-Naga' Limestone Yes [26]
Image Dyn Associated name(s) Findspot Current location Material(s) Deco Base Hgt 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 (slp) [27]
18 Tetisheri Abydos, Pyramid of Tetisheri Limestone Yes [28]
18 Iniuia [de] Saqqara Paris, Louvre Red granite Yes 70

67.5

 63 [29][30]
[31]
18 Ptahmose, High-Priest of Thutmose III Saqqara ? Berlin, Egyptian Museum Gabbro Yes 43

41

 39.5 [32][33]
[34]
18 Ahmose ? Theban area ? San Jose, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 23.2 36.3 [35]
18 Meriré Amarna Berlin, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 30

28

 24 [36][37]
18 ? anonymous Abydos Brussels, Royal Museums of Art and History Limestone Yes 25.7

23.5

 35.7 [38][39]
18 Houy Saqqara Florence, National Archaeological Museum Gray granite Yes 32 36 [40][41]
18 Nedjem Cairo, Egyptian Museum Sandstone Yes 33 43.5 [42][43]
18 Amenhotep (Huy) Saqqara Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Red granite Yes 77 67 [44][45]
18 Amenemone Memphis Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 43.5 37 [46][47]
18 anonymous London, British Museum Limestone Yes 50 48 [48][49]
18 Ptahemwia Saqqara Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Limestone Yes 28 42 [50][51]
18 Nebanon Thebes Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst Limestone Yes 46 [52]
18 Imenemheb Qurnet Murai Paris, Louvre Sandstone Yes 44.5 85.7 [53][54]
18 Pay Memphis Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 45

44.5

 40 [55][56]
18 Kha Deir el-Medina, Pyramid chapel of TT8 Paris, Louvre Sandstone Yes 49 83 [57][58]
18 Hori Abu Tig Seattle Art Museum Limestone Yes 28.5 31.6 [59][60]
18 Nakhtmin ? Deir el-Medina Limestone No 65 65 [61]
18 or later Amarna, South Tombs Cemetery Limestone 24

20

 35 [62]
18/19 Raia Saqqara Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Limestone Yes 37.4

31.3

 33.3 [63][64]
18/19 Mahu, the Quarter Master Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland Limestone,

plaster, paint

 Yes 18 36.5 [65][66]
18/19 Ry (Roy), head of bowmen Abydos Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 48.5 49 [67][68]
[69]
18/19 anonymous Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 34.5 61.5 [70][71]
[72]
18/19 Neferhotep Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes 40 34 [73]
18/19 Huy, Servant in the Place of Truth Deir el-Medina Sandstone Yes 35.6 35.6 [74][75]
18/19 Nornakht Aniba Sandstone Yes 30.7

27.8

 28 [76][77]
After 18 ? Khonsou / Hori Gurob Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 31 40 [78][79]
19 Khay (vizier) Pyramid of Khay Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Granodiorite [80]
19 Tia (princess) and

Tia (overseer of treasury)

 Saqqara, Pyramid of the two Tias Lost c. 1792 AD Red granite Yes 91 76 [81][82]
[83]
 19 Scribe Mose (Ms) West-Thebes ? Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Limestone Yes 52 [84][85]
[86]
19 Minemheb Thebes Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum Limestone Yes 34 47.5 [87][88]
19 Senres ? Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 51

36.5

 43.5 [89][90]
19 Nehi Qurnet Murai Florence, National Archaeological Museum Sandstone Yes 61 57 [91][92]
19 Ptahemouia Memphis Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 55

44

 38 [93][94]
[95]
19 Nebmeroutef Ry Beit Khallaf Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 24 20 [96][97]
19 Messouy Temple of Amada Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 42 67 [98][99]
19 anonymous Kurna Cairo, Egyptian Museum Faience Yes 37 26 [100][101]
19 Anu (Aâouy) Aniba Cairo, Egyptian Museum Sandstone Yes 46.5 56 [102][103]
[104]
19 Amenhotep-Huy Memphis Cairo, Egyptian Museum Grey granite Yes 52 50 [93][105]
[106]
19 Kenro El-Khokha, TT178 Cairo, Egyptian Museum Faience Yes 39 28 [107][108]
19 Tourobay Deir el-Medina St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum Limestone Yes 17 26 [109]
19 Neferronpet Saqqara Liverpool, National Museums Granite Yes 33

29

 46 [110][111]
19 Hornefer Deir el-Medina London, British Museum Sandstone Yes 33.5 40 [112][113]
19 Intj Abydos London, British Museum Limestone Yes 40 40 [114][115]
19 Nebamun (Nebamontet) Deir el-Medina London, Petrie Museum Limestone Yes 15 18.5 [116][117]
19 anonymous Gurob London, Petrie Museum Limestone Yes 24 [118][119]
[120]
19 anonymous Gurob London, Petrie Museum Limestone Yes 27.5 [121][122]
[123]
19 Pyay Deir el-Medina Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 35 37 [124][125]
19 Ramose Deir el-Medina Turin, Museo Egizio Limestone Yes 57.5 70 [126][127]
19 Khonsou Deir el-Medina, chapel of tomb 1 Turin, Museo Egizio Limestone Yes 43 59 [128]
19 Nebnefer / Neferhotep Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes 36 50 [129]
19 Sennedjem Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes 61.5 61.5 [130]
19 ? Neferrenpet ? Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes [131]
19 Penmerenab ? Deir el-Medina, chapel 322 Yes [132]
19 Amenemope Deir el-Medina, tomb 215 ? Limestone Yes [133]
19 Ptahmose Saqqara London, British Museum Yes [134][135]
19 Ramses II ? Wadi es-Sebua Yes 45 75 [136]
19 Thothermektef ? Deir el-Medina, TT357 Yes 36 30 [137]
19 [Messouy] Temple of Amada Sandstone Yes 48 75 [138]
19 Pennout ? Aniba Sandstone No 45

40

 65 [139][70]
[140]
19/20 Meri-imen Ra-mesu Western Thebes Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Sandstone,

paint

 Yes 36.4

30.1

 44.6 [141][142]
19/20 Hori Deir el-Medina Paris, Louvre Sandstone Yes 38

37

 41 [143][144]
19/20 ? Abydos Pennsylvania, Penn Museum Limestone Yes [145]
19/20 Tjeper Abydos Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland Black basalt Yes 25 25 [146][147]
19/20 Amenhotp Abydos Cairo, Egyptian Museum Sandstone Yes 42 45.5 [148][149]
19/20 Amenemheb /

Neferrenpet

 Deir el-Medina London, British Museum Limestone Yes 27

24

 36 [150][151]
19/20 Khat Deir el-Medina London, British Museum Limestone Yes 49 65 [152][153]
19/20 Taya Saqqara Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 41

36.3

 35 [154][155]
19/20 Khonsouhetep Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 36 40.2 [156][157]
19/20 Pagerger Memphis Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 25 24.5 [158][159]
19/20 Aamakt Deir el-Medina, TT356 Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 37 39.2 [160][161]
[162]
19/20 Ipy Deir el-Medina Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 23 33 [163][164]
19/20 Tourbay Deir el-Medina Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 24.5

23

 34 [165][166]
[167]
19/20 Amenemope Thebes Vatican Museums Limestone Yes 30 34 [168][169]
19/20 Deir el-Medina, tomb 219 Limestone Yes [170]
19/20 Amenemouia ? Deir el-Medina Sandstone Yes [171]
19/20 Amennakht Dydy ? Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes [172]
19/20 Houy ? Deir el-Medina, tomb 1336 Limestone Yes [173]
19/20 ? Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes [174]
19/20 Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes 35–45 60–70 [175]
19/20 Amennakht Deir el-Medina, 1349 or 1343 Limestone Yes [176]
20 God's Adorer ʒst Qift London, British Museum Limestone, plaster Yes 43 38.2 [177][178]
20 Iry Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes 23

21

 32 [179]
20 Kaha Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes [180]
NK Nebseny Memphis Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 40 53 [181][182]
NK Paris, Louvre Faience Yes 15.5 13.2 [183]
NK Penmehet Beit Khallaf Berlin, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 32.5 65 [184][185]
[186]
NK ? Bekenamun English private collection Limestone Yes 35.2 38.1 [187][188]
NK ? Harsiesi Abydos Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 23 [189][190]
[191]
NK ? Ptahmose/

Paherpedjet

 Abydos ? Copenhague Limestone Yes 35 37 [192]
NK Amenhotep Florence, National Archaeological Museum Limestone Yes 23

21

 32 [193][194]
NK anonymous Florence, National Archaeological Museum Limestone Yes 14

12.5

 38 [195][196]
NK anonymous Heidelberg, Sammlung des Ägyptologischen Instituts Sandstone Yes 46 69 [197]
NK Mose (?) Memphis Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 48

41

 60.5 [198][199]
NK anonymous Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 27

25

 40.5 [200][201]
NK Amenemopet Abydos Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 32.5 53 [202][203]
[204]
NK Pauty Saqqara Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Limestone Yes 47 47 [205][206]
NK Tjanefer Deir el-Medina, temple of Mentouhotep London, British Museum Black basalt Yes 22

20

 24 [207][208]
NK Buqentef Deir el-Medina London, British Museum Limestone Yes 28

19.5

 66 [209][210]
[211]
NK ? Djehuty (Thuti) Deir el-Medina, temple of Mentouhotep London, British Museum Limestone Yes 11.4 18 [212][213]
NK anonymous Deir el-Medina Turin, Museo Egizio Limestone Yes 15 20 [214]
NK anonymous Gurnah Voronezh Sandstone Yes [215][216]
NK Pached ? Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes [217]
NK Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes [218]
NK Deir el-Medina Limestone Yes [219]
NK Deir el-Medina Limestone [220]
NK Deir el-Medina Limestone [221]
NK Aniba Sandstone Yes 40 [222][223]
NK Roro Deir el-Medina Leipzig University Limestone Yes 26 54 [224]
NK Penbouy ? Deir el-Medina Yes [225]
NK Tiro ? Deir el-Medina Yes [226]
NK [227]
NK Panufer Thebes Cairo, Egyptian Museum Granite [228]
NK Abydos Cairo, Egyptian Museum Yes [229]
Image Dyn Associated name(s) Findspot Current location Material(s) Deco Base Hgt Ref
in cm
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
(c. 1077 – 722 BC)
~21 Nestaouat Memphis Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes 31.5

30

 29.5 [230][231]
21 Bennebensekhaf Thebes Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 48 47.6 [232][233]
TIP/LP anonymous Liverpool, National Museums Wood, gesso, paint Yes 14

12

 25 [234]
Late Period
(c. 722 – 332 BC)
26 Iufaa Abydos NYC, Metropolitan Museum of Art Limestone,

paint

 Yes 27.2

26.4

 35.5 [235][236]
26 Nesnubhotep Abydos London, Petrie Museum Limestone Yes 35 [237][238]
[239]
26 Wedjahor Abydos London, British Museum Limestone Yes 48.5 58 [240][241]
26 Pedesi (Petisis) Abydos Cairo, Egyptian Museum Limestone Yes [242][243]
[244]
26 Khepri Abydos Trieste, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Limestone Yes 23.5 37 [245][246]
26 Nesipakashuty, Vizier Abydos Glasgow, Burrell Collection Limestone Yes 25.6

21.9

 38.5 [247][248]
26 Hr-zi-ist Yes [249][250]
26 ? Esnubhotp Abydos Cairo, Egyptian Museum Stone Yes 40 [251][252]
26 ? Djedhor Abydos Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 39.4

38.3

 35.5 [253][254]
30? Abydos Avignon, Calvet Museum [255]
30 or later Rer and Nitokris Abydos St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum Limestone,

paint

 Yes 36.5 44 [256][257]
[258][259]
Late Horemakhbit Abydos Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 36 34 [260][261]
Late Padipahernefer Abydos ? Paris, Louvre Limestone Yes 29 33 [262]
Late Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland Limestone [263]
Late Nespemede Abydos Destroyed in WWII ? Yes 26 [264][265]
Late Pakhnum Abybos Durham University Limestone Yes 25.2

25

 35.7 [266][267]
[268]
Late Harhotep, Head Dancer of Bastet [269][270]
Unknown date
Abydos Abydos ? Gray granite No 47

35

 45 [271]
Abydos Gray granite No 62

41

 49 [272]
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in cm
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