Nehemes Bastet
Nehemes Bastet , the so-called singer of Amun , was an ancient Egyptian priestess and the daughter of the high priest of Amun , whose body was preserved as a mummy . Her sarcophagus is now on display in the Luxor Museum in Egypt .
The mummy was found in 2012 during the excavations at grave KV64 in a wooden sarcophagus in a single-chamber grave in the Valley of the Kings . The excavations were led by Susanne Bickel , who is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Basel . Based on research, it was found that Nehemes Bastet was a 1.55 m tall woman who died at the age of about 20. The inscriptions on the wooden sarcophagus give her name. According to the text of the wooden stele found at the foot of the sarcophagus, Nehemes Bastet was the daughter of a priest in Karnak and was entitled "Singer of Amun". A young woman is depicted on the painted wooden panel, and with it Nehemes Bastet himself.
Egyptologists date the find to the time of the 22nd dynasty (9th century BC).
Web links
- The “Singer of Amun” , Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 27, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Basel Egyptologists discover a new tomb in the Valley of the Kings , Archaeologie Online, January 20, 2012