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Sitting Image of Maya - Rijksmuseum Von Oudheden Collection

Inventory Number: AST 1 New Kingdom ; 18th Dynasty; Horemheb 1319-1307 BC. Location Information: Egypt, Saqqara, tomb of Maya

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Maya is 'director of the treasury' or Minister of Finance and Public Works during the time of Tutankhamun. This larger-than-life grave statue testifies to his high position. Maya is the man who prepares Tutankhamun's tomb. At the same time he had his own grave built at Sakkara by the best artists. Maya holds office under Pharaoh Horemheb and dies in his 9th year of reign.

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Sitting Image of Merit - Rijkmuseum Von Oudheden Collection

Inventory Number: AST 2 New Kingdom ; 18th Dynasty; Horemheb 1319-1307 BC. Location Information: Egypt, Saqqara, tomb of Maya

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Merit is Maya's wife. Like many notable ladies, she bears the title 'singer of Amon'. In her hands she holds a menat: a necklace of many strings of beads with a figure of the goddess Hathor as a counterbalance in the neck. This is used as a rattle to accompany temple chants.

Sitting Image of Merit - Rijkmuseum Von Oudheden Collection

Inventory Number: AST 2 New Kingdom ; 18th Dynasty; Horemheb 1319-1307 BC. Location Information: Egypt, Saqqara, tomb of Maya

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Statuette of a dignitary offering a standard with the head of the goddess Hathor - Museo Egizio Collection

Inventory Number: Cat. 3036 New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, 1292–1076 BCE Location Information: Location Unlisted

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Standard-bearing statue of Penbui - Museo Egizio Collection

Standard-bearing statue of Penbui - Museo Egizio Collection

Standard-bearing statue of Pashed on a base that is not its own - Museo Egizio Collection

Standard-bearing statue of Pashed on a base that is not its own - Museo Egizio Collection

Statue of Idet and Ruiu - Museo Egizio Collection

Inventory Number: Cat. 3056 New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1480–1390 BCE Location Information: Theban necropolis

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Sitting figure of Maja - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collections

Inventory Number: ÄM 19286 Tutmose III (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt) Location Information: Akhmim (? / Egypt / Middle Egypt)

Description:

Maja was a high official of the provincial administration. He was installed as Gouverneur and head of the Priests in the 10th upper egyptian district by king Tutmose III, who's name is written on the chest and right upper arm. His grave was found in the necropolis of the main settlement of that district and it is speculated that this figure was also from there. Maja sits upright on a simple stool. The text tells us names and titles of the deceased, as well as the sacrificial rites for the local deities. He is dressed in a short skirt, originally reserved for the kings, but later also found with private persons. He holds in his right hand a sweat cloth, while the left isflat on his skirt. The round expressionless face is, like the entire figure, structured very formal. A wig that was in keeping with the taste of the time was literally placed over the head. The two necklaces, consisting of disc pearls, as well as the massive upper and lower arm bracelets, are awards made of gold that the king had given him. They probably indicate former military service.

Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Jürgen Liepe

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Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Sitting figure of Maja - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collections

Inventory Number: ÄM 19286 Tutmose III (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt) Location Information: Akhmim (? / Egypt / Middle Egypt)

Description:

Maja was a high official of the provincial administration. He was installed as Gouverneur and head of the Priests in the 10th upper egyptian district by king Tutmose III, who's name is written on the chest and right upper arm. His grave was found in the necropolis of the main settlement of that district and it is speculated that this figure was also from there. Maja sits upright on a simple stool. The text tells us names and titles of the deceased, as well as the sacrificial rites for the local deities. He is dressed in a short skirt, originally reserved for the kings, but later also found with private persons. He holds in his right hand a sweat cloth, while the left isflat on his skirt. The round expressionless face is, like the entire figure, structured very formal. A wig that was in keeping with the taste of the time was literally placed over the head. The two necklaces, consisting of disc pearls, as well as the massive upper and lower arm bracelets, are awards made of gold that the king had given him. They probably indicate former military service.

Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Jürgen Liepe

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Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Wikimedia Commons, @ User ArchaiOptix

Statue of Petimuthes wearing the “Persian garment” - Museo Egizio Collection

Inventory Number: Cat. 3062 Hellenistic Period, Reign of Ptolemy X, 107–88 BCE Location Information: Thebes, Karnak / temple of Amun (?)

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Statue of princess Redji - Museo Egizio Collection

Inventory Number: Cat. 3065 Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3, 2592–2544 BCE Location Information: Saqqara

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Double Seating Image of Maya and Merit - Rijksmuseum Von Oudheden Collection

Photo Focus: Maya Inventory Number: AST 3 New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1319 BC. Location Information: Egypt, Saqqara, tomb of Maya

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Maya was one of the great men in the Egypt of Tutankhamun and Horemheb, but his career may have started earlier: during the reign of the famous pharaoh Akhenaten. Under Tutankhamun and Horemheb he was a kind of minister of finance and was in charge of all major construction projects in the country. The construction and maintenance of the important cemeteries also fell under his responsibility, especially those of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings.

Double Seating Image of Maya and Merit - Rijksmuseum Von Oudheden Collection

Photo Focus: Merit Inventory Number: AST 3 New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1319 BC. Location Information: Egypt, Saqqara, tomb of Maya

Description:

Maya was one of the great men in the Egypt of Tutankhamun and Horemheb, but his career may have started earlier: during the reign of the famous pharaoh Akhenaten. Under Tutankhamun and Horemheb he was a kind of minister of finance and was in charge of all major construction projects in the country. The construction and maintenance of the important cemeteries also fell under his responsibility, especially those of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings.

Double Seating Image of Maya and Merit - Rijksmuseum Von Oudheden Collection

Photo Focus: Merit Inventory Number: AST 3 New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1319 BC. Location Information: Egypt, Saqqara, tomb of Maya

Description:

Maya was one of the great men in the Egypt of Tutankhamun and Horemheb, but his career may have started earlier: during the reign of the famous pharaoh Akhenaten. Under Tutankhamun and Horemheb he was a kind of minister of finance and was in charge of all major construction projects in the country. The construction and maintenance of the important cemeteries also fell under his responsibility, especially those of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings.

Double Seating Image of Maya and Merit - Rijksmuseum Von Oudheden Collection

Photo Focus: Maya Inventory Number: AST 3 New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1319 BC. Location Information: Egypt, Saqqara, tomb of Maya

Description:

Maya was one of the great men in the Egypt of Tutankhamun and Horemheb, but his career may have started earlier: during the reign of the famous pharaoh Akhenaten. Under Tutankhamun and Horemheb he was a kind of minister of finance and was in charge of all major construction projects in the country. The construction and maintenance of the important cemeteries also fell under his responsibility, especially those of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings.