Thursday 21 May 2020

Statue of princess Takushit.

Detail of Takushit, princess of upper Egypt by 5telios, via Flickr

Statue of a princess - priestess Takushit. The woman's name means 'the Ethiopian' and may refer to her relation or marriage to an Ethiopian. Her father was Akanosh II, the great chief of the Ma tribe from Libya. The figure's characteristic garment is executed with inlaid decoration, a technique in which the engraved design is inlaid with precious metal wire. The motifs are hieroglyphs and deities of the northeast region of the Nile Delta, Takushit's homeland. The statue had a votive, ritual and funerary use. 110. 25th Dynasty. Found from Kom Tourokha, near lake Mareotis south of Alexandria. Egyptian Collection in Athens.
kankalamalini:  Copper alloy hollow cast statue of the priestess Takushit at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Queen Karomama. Consort of the 22nd Dynasty Pharaoh Osorkon I from Lybia, had this statue of bronze inlaid with gold and silver fashioned for her chapel at Karnak. c. 923BC

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