Yuny And His Wife Renenutet Statue Analysis

Yuny and his wife Renenutet Statue and The great Pyramids of Giza. Yuny lived in the city of Asyut and was a chief royal scribe and holder of many other offices. Yuny’s responsibilities were written on the base of the statue. Him and his wife Renenutet were members of Egypt’s nobility in the city of Asyut. The statue is more than half the size of Yuny back in real life. The statue which is carved out of Limestone was found in the tomb of Yuny’s father, Amenhotep. There was at least two generations found within the single tomb. The height of the statue is 84.5 centimeters and it was consisted in the nineteenth dynasty.

The statue represents Yuny seated next to his wife Renenutet. She places her right arm around her husband’s shoulders. In her left hand, she holds a heavy bead necklace called a menat. Menat necklace was a ritual tool that’s was held and shaken especially in the service of goddess Hathor. Renenutet is described as a a ritual singer of Amun-Re on the back of the statue.

Yuny and his wife are wearing fashionable wigs due to their high religious position. Also traces of black linning appear on the wigs. Yuny’s hair is shorter than his wife’s, his hair ends by his shoulders, while his wife’s hair ends just above her breasts. One the back of the chair where they are seated, there are two scenes that provide ancient Egyptian affection and remembrance among family generations. The upper register contains Yuny and his wife Renenutet receive offerings from their son and in the lower register, Yuny’s wife offers food and drink to her