Djehuty and his Wife Ahhotep in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Baker Djehuty and Wife Ahhotep

A funerary image for the couple's tomb, this sculpture was meant to function as a dwelling place for their spirits. Relief images of the couple's two sons appear on the sides of the seat.


Creator: Egyptian (Artist)

Period: ca. 1500-1450 BC (New Kingdom)

Medium: limestone (Sculpture)

Accession Number: 22.164

Measurements: 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 5 5/16 in. (22.5 x 15.8 x 13.5 cm)

Geographies: Egypt (Place of Origin), Thebes, Egypt (?) (Place of Discovery)

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