Ancient Art Replicas

Your Shopping Cart




Your Cart is currently empty.
   

You are here: Home Ancient Egypt More Egyptian Statues Egyptian Obelisk with Hieroglyphs Paperweight
Print


Egyptian Obelisk with Hieroglyphs Paperweight
View Full-Size Image

Egyptian Obelisk with Hieroglyphs Paperweight

Paperweight: Bonded stone. Size: 6 inches high. Weighs 1lb.
Price: $22.00

Ask a question about this product
Obelisks are tall, slender four sided shafts carved from a single stone and topped with a point known as a pyramidion. Obelisks were known to the ancient Egyptians as Tekhenu. They were typically inscribed with the names and titles of the king who commissioned them. Obelisks were considered to be sacred to the Sun God Ra, whose main center of worship was at Heliopolis where the oldest surviving monumental obelisk in Egypt still stands. Obelisks were first erected at Heliopolis and the practice was continued throughout the pharaonic period. Obelisks probably evolved from the so-called Benben Stone which resembles the pyramidion of an obelisk and was considered sacred to the Sun God even before the appearance of the first pharaoh. These stones were the fetish of the primeval God Atum (the setting sun) and the God Ra or Ra-Harakhti (the rising sun). The stones were also associated with the Benu-Bird or Phoenix. Some small squat obelisks survive from the early years of dynastic Egypt when they usually stood in pairs before the entrances to the tombs.




Recently Viewed Products

Last Updated: Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:58

Customer Login






Latest Products

Isis Holding Staff Egyptian Wall Relief, Large, Red Dress
Isis Holding Staff Egyptian Wall Relief, Large, Red Dress
$101.00
Buddha Bronze Statue, Earth Touching Mudra
Buddha Bronze Statue, Earth Touching Mudra
$229.00