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Limestone Statue of General Horemheb

Here I am with a limestone π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“ˆ™π“Œ‰ statue π“„šπ“ˆ–π“π“­π“€Ύ of General Horemheb π“‡³π“‚¦π“†£π“Όπ“‡³π“‰π“ˆ– and one of his wives. Before he became the last pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 of the 18th Dynasty, Horemheb π“‡³π“‚¦π“†£π“Όπ“‡³π“‰π“ˆ– was a general for both Tutankhamun π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“π“…±π“π“‹Ήπ“‹Ύπ“‰Ίπ“‡“ and Ay’s 𓇳𓆣𓆣π“ͺ𓁹𓐙𓏏 military!

Here, Horemheb π“‡³π“‚¦π“†£π“Όπ“‡³π“‰π“ˆ– is depicted with one of his wives. They are both seated in chairs π“Ž›π“Š¨π“π“†±π“¦ that have lion 𓂋𓅱𓃭 paws on the legs. The details on this statue π“„šπ“ˆ–π“π“­π“€Ύ are beautiful π“„€ – the sandals 𓍿𓃀𓏏𓋸𓏦 on their feet almost look real! Interestingly, there are no hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ anywhere on the statue π“„šπ“ˆ–π“π“­π“€Ύ!

The β€œcouples statue” was a very common way to depict a husband π“‰”π“„Ώπ“‡Œπ“‚Ίπ“€€ and wife 𓂑𓏏𓁐 in Egyptian art! Fun fact: in ancient Egyptian culture, a couple was still considered to be singular even though they are two 𓏻 people – that is why the Egyptians use 𓏦 or π“ͺ to pluralize words! In ancient Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š–, two 𓏻 was singular, and three 𓏼 was plural!