Chuit (musician)

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Chuit (around 1960 BC ) was a harpist and singer from ancient Egypt .

life and work

In ancient Egypt, many women worked as musicians, a position that was respected on the one hand, and open to all social classes on the other. Music and dance were closely linked. Many female musicians performed naked or scantily clad, in almost transparent white clothes. They wore black wigs and dark eyeshadow. The musicians moved in time with the music - in an acrobatic way. The singers performed both at religious ceremonies and as part of festivities.

Chuit was a musician who lived and worked during the 12th Dynasty . It has come down to us based on a forest painting in the burial chapel of Senet, mother or wife of Antefiqer , a vizier of this period and one of the best attested officials of the Middle Kingdom . She is referred to there as the "singer Chuit, daughter of Maket". The singer Didumin is pictured next to her, both entertain Antefiqer with harp playing and singing. Their chants are dedicated to Hathor , the golden goddess - and the vizier to whom they wished long life and health.

20th century art

Chuit is one of 999 women selected by Judy Chicago in 1979 for the floor tiles in her artwork, The Dinner Party . Her name is linked to the pharaoh Hatshepsut , who lived about 400 years after Chuit.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ REBEL WOMEN EMBROIDERY: Chuit - C. 1960 BCE - THEBES, EGYPT  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / rebelwomenembroidery.wordpress.com   , accessed November 26, 2017
  2. ^ A b Lise Manniche: Music and Musicians in Ancient Egypt . British Museum Press, London 1991, pp. 35-36.
  3. ↑ Thierry Benderitter: Antefoqer; Intefiqer; Antefoker; Intefiker; TT60; TT 60; Egypt tomb Luxor: The Chapel (or Shrine) . Osirisnet.net. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Michael Rice: Antefoker . In: Who's Who in Ancient Egypt . Routledge, 2003, ISBN 978-0-203-44328-6 , p. 25.
  5. ↑ Musée de Brooklyn - Center Elizabeth A. Sackler - Khuwyt
personal data
SURNAME Chuit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian harpist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 20th century BC Chr.