Amenemhab and Huwebenef
These statuettes of brothers Amenemhab and Huwebenef were discovered in 1911 by Howard Carter’s Lord Carnarvon Excavations at El-Assasif, Thebes. The figures were found within Tomb CC37 (Hall C, burial 24), placed within the coffin of a woman named Ahhotep Tanodjmu (Ahhotep the sweet) presumed to be the boy’s mother.
The figure of Amenemhab is made of bronze, separate silver lotus, wood base with pigmented inlays and stands at 13cm tall, whereas the statuette of Huwebenef is made of wood, but is larger at 35 cm.
Met Museum. 26.7.1413a, b
The figures date from the New Kingdom, from the reigns of Ahmose I–Thutmose II, c. 1550–1479 B.C. They represent Amenemhab and Huwebenef as adolescent boys. We can tell their youth is represented by their nudity, and possibly the slightly biggish heads upon the thin, slender bodies.
Met Museum. 26.7.1414a, b
The statuettes were dedicated to the boys by their father, Djehuty, whose name and dedication to his sons are present on the base of the statuettes.
Summary:
Statuettes of the boy brothers Amenemhab and Huwebenef, dedicated by their father Djehuty, and discovered within the coffin of their mother, Ahhotep Tanodjmu
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1550–1479 B.C.
El-Assasif, Thebes.
Met Museum. 26.7.1413a, b. 26.7.1414a, b
