Third Intermediate Period Chantress coffin discovered in Sakkara

While cleaning and clearing the debris from a tomb of a Lady called "Maya/Maia" who was Tutankhamun's wet nurse in Bastet cemetery in Sakkara, the French mission working on the site directed by Dr. Alain Zivie in cooperation with Ministry of Antiquities, a coffin of a holy chorus chantress was found.
The coffin dated to the Third Intermediate Period (TIP) (Dynasty 22-24).
It belongs to a chantress called "Ta Akhet" According to Dr. Mohamed
Ibrahim.
Ali Al Asfr said "The discovery is three wooden coffins in each other. Two
of them (the middle and inner ones) are in a good condition and they have
wonderful decorations show the deceased face. The inner coffin is not open yet
and we believe it has a mummy inside."
According to Alaa Al Shahat, director of Sakkara antiquities, funerary tools
were found in the middle coffin including two wooden headrests and an oblong
wooden box inlaid with ivory measures 13x10x16cm.
The box contain cosmetic tools including a tool shaped like a spoon with a deer body measures 14x4cm , kohl tube measures 3x3cm with a 5cm handle, a number of faience beads and a faience oujet eye amulet.
The box contain cosmetic tools including a tool shaped like a spoon with a deer body measures 14x4cm , kohl tube measures 3x3cm with a 5cm handle, a number of faience beads and a faience oujet eye amulet.
Labels: 22nd Dynasty, 24th Dynasty, Ancient Egyptian coffin, Sakkara, Saqqara, Ta Akhet, Third Intermediate Period, Tut Ankh Amon, Tutankhamun wetnurse
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