Redit (princess)

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Redit ("the gift") was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 3rd Dynasty . Whose daughter she was, however, is unknown. She bore the title of natural king's daughter , which is later often encountered, but is used for the first time at Redit.

The statue of Redit

Princess Redit was best known for her seated statue, which was probably found in a mastaba in Saqqara . It is 83 cm high and is made of black basalt . It can be assumed that quartz sand was used for polishing . Redit is shown with a long, heavy, curly wig , clad in a skin-tight robe. Your seat is a replica of a chair made of expensive wood and papyrus . An inscription on the base of the statue explicitly identifies Redit as the "real daughter of a king".

Today it is exhibited in the Museo Egizio in Turin.

literature

  • Peter Kaplony: The inscriptions of the early Egyptian period I , Wiesbaden 1963, p. 561.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Francesco Raffaele: Royal Women (queens, princesses) in early Egypt (Dynasty 0-3)
  2. ↑ Museo delle antichità egizie di Torino: Princess Redit ( Memento of April 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Redit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian princess of the 3rd dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 27th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 27th century BC Chr.