Pair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, Tenethet

Pair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, Tenethet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The statue depicts a man and his wife, each with an arm around the other's back. The faces, hair styles and garments suggest that the statue was curved in the second half of Dynasty 18, probably in the riign of Amenhotep III. On either side of the seat, offering texts are dedicated to a man named Nebwaw and his wifeTenethet by their son, Userhat, who was a scribe and treasurer of the god Amun. Other texts written down the center of each figure's skirt have been erased, suggesting that the statue was originally dedicated to another couple. This statue is currently on long-term loan to the Museo de las Culturas in Mexico City.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, TenethetPair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, TenethetPair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, TenethetPair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, TenethetPair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, Tenethet

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.