Ita (Princess)

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Ita was an Ancient Egyptian king's daughter who lived in the 12th Dynasty around 1850 BC. She is known from the statue of a sphinx found in Qatna in modern Syria. The statue is today in the Louvre (AO 14075). [1] On this statue she bears the titles noblewomen (iry-pat) and king's daughter of his body. She is perhaps further known from her burial next to the pyramid of king Amenemhat II at Dahshur. The burial was found intact and contained a decorated wooden coffin with longer religious texts including her name and a set of precious personal adornments. [2] It is uncertain whether both women are identical. [3] The location of the tomb might indicate that she was a daughter of Amenemhat II.

Ancient Egypt ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa

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References

  1. 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
  2. Jacques de Morgan et al.: Fouilles a Dahchour 1894-1895. Volume II, Holzhausen, Vienna 1903, pp. 50–55
  3. 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