Statue of Yuny

This statue of Chief Royal Scribe and Physician, Yuny was discovered at Asyut (Lykopolis) in 1913. The statue is made from limestone and dates from the reign of Seti I, 1294–1279 B.C.

Yuny is portrayed kneeling, dressed in a nobleman’s robe, wig and sandals. His eyes and brows, which were originally created as inlays, have since been gone. He carries a shrine containing a figurine of the god Osiris between his knees and outstretched arms.

This is one of two Yuny statues discovered in or near the tomb-chapel of his father, head physician Amenhotep, in Asyut’s New Kingdom necropolis. Yuny most likely commissioned the chapel following his father’s death. Graffiti on its walls indicate that the chapel was a pilgrimage site during the Ramesside period, possibly by pilgrims seeking Yuny’s father’s intercession for healing diseases.

Although Yuny is not referred to as “physician” or “chief physician” on his monuments, he most likely followed in his father’s footsteps in that profession, as he did in the majority of his other positions. On this statue, he is referred to as “overseer of Sakhmet’s lay-priests,” indicating his medical background.

See double seated statue of Yuny with his wife Renenutet: https://egypt-museum.com/yuny-and-renenutet/

Summary:

Limestone kneeling statue of Yuny with shrine
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Seti I, c. 1294–1279 B.C.
From Middle Egypt, Asyut (Lykopolis), Tomb of Amenhotep, Necropolis Cliff tomb, Medjdeni, Khashaba excavations, 1913.
Now on display at the Met Museum. 33.2.1