Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Yuny and His Wife Renenutet
Description
Limestone, paint
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A limestone statue depicting a seated couple.
The artifact is a limestone statue representing a man and a woman seated side by side. The male figure is wearing a kilt and has a shoulder-length wig, while the female figure is depicted holding an item in her left hand, possibly symbolic. The figures are carved in a stylized and formal manner typical of ancient Egyptian art.
funerary
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
reed
basket
Visible text
"Transliteration not possible from the image."
Cross-references (4)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
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