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List of capstones of ancient Egyptian pyramids From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to 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.
More information Image, Dyn ...
Image | Dyn | Associated name(s) | Findspot | Current location | Material(s) | Deco | Base | Hgt | Ref |
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in cm | |||||||||
Old Kingdom (c. 2543 – 2120 BC) | |||||||||
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4 | Sneferu | Dashur, Red Pyramid | Dashur | Limestone | No | 157 ? | 100 ? | [1][2] |
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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 | 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] | |||||
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12 | Senusret II | El Lahun, Pyramid of Senusret II | London, Petrie Museum | Black granite | Yes | [9][10] | ||
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12 | Amenemhat III | Dahshur, Black Pyramid (Pyramidion of Amenemhat III) |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | Yes | 185 | 140 | [11][12] |
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12 | Amenemhat III | Hawara | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | No | 23 | [13][14] | |
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13 | Khendjer | South Saqqara, Pyramid of Khendjer | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | Yes | 140 | 130 | [15][16] [17] |
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13 | Merneferre Ay | South Saqqara, Pyramid of Merneferre Ay | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | Yes | 83 | 85 | [18][19] |
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13 | Southern South Saqqara pyramid | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Black granite | No | 156 | 145 (slp) | [16][20] [21] | |
Second Intermediate Period (c. 1759 – 1539 BC) | |||||||||
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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 | Amosis | Dra' Abu el-Naga' | Limestone | Yes | [25] | ||||
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) | [26] | |
18 | Tetisheri | Abydos, Pyramid of Tetisheri | Limestone | Yes | [27] | ||||
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18 | Iniuia [de] | Saqqara | Paris, Louvre | Red granite | Yes | 70
67.5 |
63 | [28][29] [30] |
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18 | Ptahmose, High-Priest of Thutmose III | Saqqara ? | Berlin, Egyptian Museum | Gabbro | Yes | 43
41 |
39.5 | [31][32] [33] |
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18 | Ahmose ? | Theban area ? | San Jose, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 23.2 | 36.3 | [34] |
18 | Meriré | Amarna | Berlin, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 30
28 |
24 | [35][36] | |
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18 ? | anonymous | Abydos | Brussels, Royal Museums of Art and History | Limestone | Yes | 25.7
23.5 |
35.7 | [37][38] |
18 | Houy | Saqqara | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Gray granite | Yes | 32 | 36 | [39][40] | |
18 | Nedjem | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 33 | 43.5 | [41][42] | ||
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18 | Amenhotep (Huy) | Saqqara | Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden | Red granite | Yes | 77 | 67 | [43][44] |
18 | Amenemone | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 43.5 | 37 | [45][46] | |
18 | anonymous | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 50 | 48 | [47][48] | ||
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18 | Ptahemwia | Saqqara | Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden | Limestone | Yes | 28 | 42 | [49][50] |
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18 | Nebanon | Thebes | Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst | Limestone | Yes | 46 | [51] | |
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18 | Imenemheb | Qurnet Murai | Paris, Louvre | Sandstone | Yes | 44.5 | 85.7 | [52][53] |
18 | Pay | Memphis | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 45
44.5 |
40 | [54][55] | |
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18 | Kha | Deir el-Medina, Pyramid chapel of TT8 | Paris, Louvre | Sandstone | Yes | 49 | 83 | [56][57] |
18 | Hori | Abu Tig | Seattle Art Museum | Limestone | Yes | 28.5 | 31.6 | [58][59] | |
18 | Nakhtmin ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | No | 65 | 65 | [60] | ||
18 or later | Amarna, South Tombs Cemetery | Limestone | 24
20 |
35 | [61] | ||||
18/19 | Raia | Saqqara | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum | Limestone | Yes | 37.4
31.3 |
33.3 | [62][63] | |
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18/19 | Mahu, the Quarter Master | Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland | Limestone,
plaster, paint |
Yes | 18 | 36.5 | [64][65] | |
18/19 | Ry (Roy), head of bowmen | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 48.5 | 49 | [66][67] [68] | |
18/19 | anonymous | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 34.5 | 61.5 | [69][70] [71] | ||
18/19 | Neferhotep | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 40 | 34 | [72] | ||
18/19 | Huy, Servant in the Place of Truth | Deir el-Medina | Sandstone | Yes | 35.6 | 35.6 | [73][74] | ||
18/19 | Nornakht | Aniba | Sandstone | Yes | 30.7
27.8 |
28 | [75][76] | ||
After 18 ? | Khonsou / Hori | Gurob | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 31 | 40 | [77][78] | |
19 | Khay (vizier) | Pyramid of Khay | Sheikh Abd el-Qurna | Granodiorite | [79] | ||||
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19 | Tia (princess) and | Saqqara, Pyramid of the two Tias | Lost c. 1792 AD | Red granite | Yes | 91 | 76 | [80][81] [82] |
19 | Scribe Mose (Ms) | West-Thebes ? | Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum | Limestone | Yes | 52 | [83][84] [85] | ||
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19 | Minemheb | Thebes | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum | Limestone | Yes | 34 | 47.5 | [86][87] |
19 | Senres ? | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 51
36.5 |
43.5 | [88][89] | ||
19 | Nehi | Qurnet Murai | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 61 | 57 | [90][91] | |
19 | Ptahemouia | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 55
44 |
38 | [92][93] [94] | |
19 | Nebmeroutef Ry | Beit Khallaf | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 24 | 20 | [95][96] | |
19 | Messouy | Temple of Amada | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 42 | 67 | [97][98] | |
19 | anonymous | Kurna | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Faience | Yes | 37 | 26 | [99][100] | |
19 | Anu (Aâouy) | Aniba | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 46.5 | 56 | [101][102] [103] | |
19 | Amenhotep-Huy | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Grey granite | Yes | 52 | 50 | [92][104] [105] | |
19 | Kenro | El-Khokha, TT178 | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Faience | Yes | 39 | 28 | [106][107] | |
19 | Tourobay | Deir el-Medina | St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum | Limestone | Yes | 17 | 26 | [108] | |
19 | Neferronpet | Saqqara | Liverpool, National Museums | Granite | Yes | 33
29 |
46 | [109][110] | |
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19 | Hornefer | Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 33.5 | 40 | [111][112] |
19 | Intj | Abydos | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 40 | 40 | [113][114] | |
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19 | Nebamun (Nebamontet) | Deir el-Medina | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 15 | 18.5 | [115][116] |
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19 | anonymous | Gurob | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 24 | [117][118] [119] | |
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19 | anonymous | Gurob | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 27.5 | [120][121] [122] | |
19 | Pyay | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 35 | 37 | [123][124] | |
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19 | Ramose | Deir el-Medina | Turin, Museo Egizio | Limestone | Yes | 57.5 | 70 | [125][126] |
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19 | Khonsou | Deir el-Medina, chapel of tomb 1 | Turin, Museo Egizio | Limestone | Yes | 43 | 59 | [127] |
19 | Nebnefer / Neferhotep | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 36 | 50 | [128] | ||
19 | Sennedjem | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 61.5 | 61.5 | [129] | ||
19 ? | Neferrenpet ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | [130] | ||||
19 | Penmerenab ? | Deir el-Medina, chapel 322 | Yes | [131] | |||||
19 | Amenemope | Deir el-Medina, tomb 215 ? | Limestone | Yes | [132] | ||||
19 | Ptahmose | Saqqara | London, British Museum | Yes | [133][134] | ||||
19 | Ramses II ? | Wadi es-Sebua | Yes | 45 | 75 | [135] | |||
19 | Thothermektef ? | Deir el-Medina, TT357 | Yes | 36 | 30 | [136] | |||
19 | [Messouy] | Temple of Amada | Sandstone | Yes | 48 | 75 | [137] | ||
19 | Pennout ? | Aniba | Sandstone | No | 45
40 |
65 | [138][69] [139] | ||
19/20 | Meri-imen Ra-mesu | Western Thebes | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum | Sandstone,
paint |
Yes | 36.4
30.1 |
44.6 | [140][141] | |
19/20 | Hori | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Sandstone | Yes | 38
37 |
41 | [142][143] | |
19/20 ? | Abydos | Pennsylvania, Penn Museum | Limestone | Yes | [144] | ||||
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19/20 | Tjeper | Abydos | Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland | Black basalt | Yes | 25 | 25 | [145][146] |
19/20 | Amenhotp | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Sandstone | Yes | 42 | 45.5 | [147][148] | |
19/20 | Amenemheb /
Neferrenpet |
Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 27
24 |
36 | [149][150] | |
19/20 | Khat | Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 49 | 65 | [151][152] | |
19/20 | Taya | Saqqara | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 41
36.3 |
35 | [153][154] | |
19/20 | Khonsouhetep | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 36 | 40.2 | [155][156] | ||
19/20 | Pagerger | Memphis | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 25 | 24.5 | [157][158] | |
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19/20 | Aamakt | Deir el-Medina, TT356 | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 37 | 39.2 | [159][160] [161] |
19/20 | Ipy | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 23 | 33 | [162][163] | |
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19/20 | Tourbay | Deir el-Medina | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 24.5
23 |
34 | [164][165] [166] |
19/20 | Amenemope | Thebes | Vatican Museums | Limestone | Yes | 30 | 34 | [167][168] | |
19/20 | Deir el-Medina, tomb 219 | Limestone | Yes | [169] | |||||
19/20 | Amenemouia ? | Deir el-Medina | Sandstone | Yes | [170] | ||||
19/20 | Amennakht Dydy ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | [171] | ||||
19/20 | Houy ? | Deir el-Medina, tomb 1336 | Limestone | Yes | [172] | ||||
19/20 ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | [173] | |||||
19/20 | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 35–45 | 60–70 | [174] | |||
19/20 | Amennakht | Deir el-Medina, 1349 or 1343 | Limestone | Yes | [175] | ||||
20 | God's Adorer ʒst | Qift | London, British Museum | Limestone, plaster | Yes | 43 | 38.2 | [176][177] | |
20 | Iry | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | 23
21 |
32 | [178] | ||
20 | Kaha | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | [179] | ||||
NK | Nebseny | Memphis | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 40 | 53 | [180][181] | |
NK | Paris, Louvre | Faience | Yes | 15.5 | 13.2 | [182] | |||
NK | Penmehet | Beit Khallaf | Berlin, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 32.5 | 65 | [183][184] [185] | |
NK ? | Bekenamun | English private collection | Limestone | Yes | 35.2 | 38.1 | [186][187] | ||
NK ? | Harsiesi | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 23 | [188][189] [190] | ||
NK ? | Ptahmose/
Paherpedjet |
Abydos ? | Copenhague | Limestone | Yes | 35 | 37 | [191] | |
NK | Amenhotep | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Limestone | Yes | 23
21 |
32 | [192][193] | ||
NK | anonymous | Florence, National Archaeological Museum | Limestone | Yes | 14
12.5 |
38 | [194][195] | ||
NK | anonymous | Heidelberg, Sammlung des Ägyptologischen Instituts | Sandstone | Yes | 46 | 69 | [196] | ||
NK | Mose (?) | Memphis | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 48
41 |
60.5 | [197][198] | |
NK | anonymous | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 27
25 |
40.5 | [199][200] | ||
NK | Amenemopet | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | 32.5 | 53 | [201][202] [203] | |
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NK | Pauty | Saqqara | Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden | Limestone | Yes | 47 | 47 | [204][205] |
NK | Tjanefer | Deir el-Medina, temple of Mentouhotep | London, British Museum | Black basalt | Yes | 22
20 |
24 | [206][207] | |
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NK | Buqentef | Deir el-Medina | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 28
19.5 |
66 | [208][209] [210] |
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NK ? | Djehuty (Thuti) | Deir el-Medina, temple of Mentouhotep | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 11.4 | 18 | [211][212] |
NK | anonymous | Deir el-Medina | Turin, Museo Egizio | Limestone | Yes | 15 | 20 | [213] | |
NK | anonymous | Gurnah | Voronezh | Sandstone | Yes | [214][215] | |||
NK | Pached ? | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | [216] | ||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | [217] | |||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | Yes | [218] | |||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | [219] | ||||||
NK | Deir el-Medina | Limestone | [220] | ||||||
NK | Aniba | Sandstone | Yes | 40 | [221][222] | ||||
NK | Roro | Deir el-Medina | Leipzig University | Limestone | Yes | 26 | 54 | [223] | |
NK | Penbouy ? | Deir el-Medina | Yes | [224] | |||||
NK | Tiro ? | Deir el-Medina | Yes | [225] | |||||
NK | [226] | ||||||||
NK | Panufer | Thebes | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Granite | [227] | ||||
NK | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Yes | [228] | |||||
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 | [229][230] | |
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21 | Bennebensekhaf | Thebes | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 48 | 47.6 | [231][232] |
TIP/LP | anonymous | Liverpool, National Museums | Wood, gesso, paint | Yes | 14
12 |
25 | [233] | ||
Late Period (c. 722 – 332 BC) | |||||||||
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26 | Iufaa | Abydos | NYC, Metropolitan Museum of Art | Limestone,
paint |
Yes | 27.2
26.4 |
35.5 | [234][235] |
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26 | Nesnubhotep | Abydos | London, Petrie Museum | Limestone | Yes | 35 | [236][237] [238] | |
26 | Wedjahor | Abydos | London, British Museum | Limestone | Yes | 48.5 | 58 | [239][240] | |
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26 | Pedesi (Petisis) | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Limestone | Yes | [241][242] [243] | ||
26 | Khepri | Abydos | Trieste, Civico Museo di Storia Naturale | Limestone | Yes | 23.5 | 37 | [244][245] | |
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26 | Nesipakashuty, Vizier | Abydos | Glasgow, Burrell Collection | Limestone | Yes | 25.6
21.9 |
38.5 | [246][247] |
26 | Hr-zi-ist | Yes | [248][249] | ||||||
26 ? | Esnubhotp | Abydos | Cairo, Egyptian Museum | Stone | Yes | 40 | [250][251] | ||
26 ? | Djedhor | Abydos | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 39.4
38.3 |
35.5 | [252][253] | |
30? | Abydos | Avignon, Calvet Museum | [254] | ||||||
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30 or later | Rer and Nitokris | Abydos | St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum | Limestone,
paint |
Yes | 36.5 | 44 | [255][256] [257][258] |
Late | Horemakhbit | Abydos | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 36 | 34 | [259][260] | |
Late | Padipahernefer | Abydos ? | Paris, Louvre | Limestone | Yes | 29 | 33 | [261] | |
Late | Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland | Limestone | [262] | ||||||
Late | Nespemede | Abydos | Destroyed in WWII ? | Yes | 26 | [263][264] | |||
Late | Pakhnum | Abybos | Durham University | Limestone | Yes | 25.2
25 |
35.7 | [265][266] [267] | |
Late | Harhotep, Head Dancer of Bastet | [268][269] | |||||||
Unknown date | |||||||||
Abydos | Abydos ? | Gray granite | No | 47
35 |
45 | [270] | |||
Abydos | Gray granite | No | 62
41 |
49 | [271] | ||||
Image | Dyn | Associated name(s) | Findspot | Current location | Material(s) | Deco | Base | Hgt | Ref |
in cm |
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