Itakayt (II.)

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Itakayt was an ancient Egyptian king's daughter and queen in the Middle Kingdom . She lived at the time of the kings Sesostris II and Sesostris III. (ruled about 1882 to 1842 BC) and was apparently the daughter of the former. Itakayt had a pyramid next to the pyramid of Sesostris III. at Dahshur . Their names and titles were found on fragments of reliefs that once adorned the pyramid temple there. A papyrus fragment from Lahun names the round image of Itakayt next to that of the king's daughter Nofret . Perhaps this suggests that she was a daughter of Sesostris II, as evidenced for Nefertiti. Accordingly, she would be the sister of Sesostris III. next to which she was buried.

Individual evidence

  1. Dieter Arnold, Adela Oppenhaim, Isabel Stünkel: Le complexe pyramidial des Sésostris III à Dahchour , in: Fleur Morfoisse, Guillemette Andreu-Lanoë (editor): Sésostris III, Pharon de légende , 2014, ISBN 9789461611574 , p. 104

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