Statue of the Brewer Renefsenebdag Seated
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
As a brewer, Renefsenebdag was not a member of the upper class, but he was still able to afford a statue of respectable quality, a circumstance more common in the Middle Kingdom than in earlier periods. The statue is likely made of steatite, an easily worked stone used for images of lower-ranking individuals, which, after firing, imitates costlier materials. The small figure represents Renefsenebdag’s daughter Ibia and the text mentions a son, Dedunub.
As a brewer, Renefsenebdag was not a member of the upper class, but he was still able to afford a statue of respectable quality, a circumstance more common in the Middle Kingdom than in earlier periods. The statue is likely made of steatite, an easily worked stone used for images of lower-ranking individuals, which, after firing, imitates costlier materials. The small figure represents Renefsenebdag’s daughter Ibia and the text mentions a son, Dedunub.
Artwork Details
- Title: Statue of the Brewer Renefsenebdag Seated
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 12-13
- Date: ca. 1981-1640 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Elephantine
- Medium: Steatite
- Dimensions: H. 33.6 cm (13 1/4 in.); W. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); D. 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art