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benben stone

noun

Etymology

From Egyptian bnbn (“Benben, the first mound or stone to arise from the primordial waters at the creation of the world”)—compare bnbnt (“pyramidion”)—and stone.

  1. borrowed from bnbn

Definitions

  1. A sacred stone found in solar temples in ancient Egypt.

    • Out of the benben stone, on its substructure representing the primeval hill, developed the religious symbol which we know as the obelisk.
    • According to beliefs, the pyramidion on its apex represents the benben stone, an ancient object that was thought to receive the first rays of the rising sun.

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