Sphinx dedicated to Ita. Louvre, AO 13075.
Dagger of princess Ita found in her coffin.
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- ↑ Biri Fay: The Louvre Sphinx and Royal Sculpture from the Reign of Amenemhat II, von Zabern, Mainz 1996, ISBN 3-8053-1760-3, pp. 30-32, 44-45
- ↑ Jacques de Morgan et al.: Fouilles a Dahchour 1894-1895. Volume II, Holzhausen, Vienna 1903, pp. 50–55
- ↑ Biri Fay: The Louvre Sphinx and Royal Sculpture from the Reign of Amenemhat II, von Zabern, Mainz 1996, ISBN 3-8053-1760-3, pp. 44
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