Itakayt (Senusret I)

Itakayt (fl. c. 1950 BC) was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 12th Dynasty. She is mainly known from her small pyramid next to the one of Senusret I at Lisht.[1]On the few relief fragments found there, she bears several titles, including beloved king's daughter, Iry-pat and Haty-a.

The Pyramid

The pyramid of the princess is next to the Pyramid of Senusret I at Lisht. The pyramid was 16.8 x 16.8 meters large at the base and might have been also 16.8 meters high.[2] The burial chamber was reached by two shafts, one perhaps just for the construction workers. The burial chambers seem to be unfinished. There were no remains of a sarcophagus (stone coffin), while sarcophagi were found in the other pyramids.

Near the pyramid was a small temple that was decorated with reliefs. The reliefs were found in small fragments, but they provide the name and the titles of Itakayt.[3]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Arnold: The pyramid complex of Senwosret I (= The south cemeteries of Lisht. vol. 3, Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition. Bd. 25). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY 1992, ISBN 0-87099-612-6, pp. 23–26. online
  2. ^ Arnold: The pyramid complex of Senwosret I, p. 24
  3. ^ Arnold: The pyramid complex of Senwosret I, p. 24-25
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