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Statuette of Huwebenef

New Kingdom
ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 114
Like other early New Kingdom statues, Huwebenef has a slender body, delicate features, and unusually large eyes. The statuette has a separate wooden base with a funerary inscription by Huwebenef's father, Djehuty. The statuettes of the child Amenemhab (26.7.1413a, b) and Huwebenef were found inside the coffin of a woman presumed to have been their mother.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Statuette of Huwebenef
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
  • Reign: reign of Ahmose I–Thutmose II
  • Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb CC 37, Hall (C), burial 24, inside coffin, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
  • Medium: Wood
  • Dimensions: H. 35 cm (13 3/4 in.); w. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); d. 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.7.1414a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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