Double Statue of Kheperkarasoneb and Meryt

Double Statue of Kheperkarasoneb and Meryt
Double Statue of Kheperkarasoneb and Meryt
Double Statue of Kheperkarasoneb and Meryt
Double Statue of Kheperkarasoneb and Meryt

GEM Number

6026

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

New Kingdom

Dynasty

18

Description

A limestone statue of Kheperkarasoneb and his wife Meryt from Deir el-Bahri in West Thebes. The couple are seated side by side on a high back chair. Following ancient Egyptian artistic conventions, the man is seated on the left side. He wears a shoulder-length hair wig and a mid-length kilt. Meryt wears a close-fitting dress and a hair wig with two braids falling on her chest and a broader section of hair at the back. The style of art and the offering formula inscribed on the sculpture suggest a date at the beginning of Dynasty 18.

Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Luxor
Limestone

Height

36.9 cm

Width

19.3 cm

Length

22.8 cm