Statue

This seated pair statue has a woman at right, man at left. A base evidently extended entirely around; a portion still remains at the right fragment of the front base. The man, Merymaat, was a barber in the temple of Amun at Thebes. He is seated next to his wife, the Chantress Hemetnetjer. Like many officials at Dra Abu el-Naga, Merymaat's, as well as his wife Hemnetjer’s career was based at the temple of Amun at Karnak located on the east bank of the Nile opposite Dra Abu el-Naga. The style and attention to detail seen in this figure date it to the very end of the 18th Dynasty.