Takait was a priestess of the god Amun Ra, sometime during the 19th Dynasty, c. 1300 B.C. Her beautiful coffin lid is 170cm in length and is made from wood that has been plastered and painted.
Liebieghaus, Frankfurt:”Over the body, the kneeling sky goddess Nut spreads out her winged arms. In the inscription that runs vertically down her legs, Takait addresses the goddess as her mother and asks to be transported to the polar stars so that she may attain eternal life. While on the outermost wooden coffin the face was still painted an earthly shade of yellow, Takait appears on the innermost layer of the coffin lid with the golden skin of the gods. Here she also stands directly opposite the gods, as shown in the six images beneath the winged figure of Nut.”
Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung Schaumainkai 71 60596 Frankfurt am Main
Summary:
Coffin lid of the priestess Takait New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty (?), c. 1300 B.C.
