Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta

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Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta

Nebsen, the scribe of the royal treasury, and his wife, the songstress of Isis, Nebet-ta, wear the elaborate wigs fashionable in the later Eighteenth Dynasty. Their jewelry, painted yellow to imitate gold, was varnished to make it shine; the varnish has darkened with time. The inscription tells us that the statue was made for the couple's tomb by their son, Weserhat. In fulfilling this filial duty after their deaths, he had them depicted in the fashion of his day, rather than that current under Thutmose III, when they actually lived.

Medium: Limestone, painted
Possible Place Collected: Dahamsha, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1400-1352 B.C.E.
Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 8 9/16 x 9 1/4 in. (40 x 21.8 x 23.5 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 40.523
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Front, 40.523_view1_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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