The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Limestone, paint
- Dimensions
- H. 62 × W. 24.5 × D. 16 cm, 28.8 kg (24 7/16 × 9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in., 63.4 lb.)
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1948
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Group Portrait Both · 90%
The title names Memi and Sabu and the classification describes a standing pair; the image shows two named-looking human figures presented together on one support.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Two full-length, representational human figures are clearly modeled with heads, torsos, arms, hands, legs, and feet.
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Interlaced Bodies Visual · 90%
The figures’ arms overlap and encircle one another, creating a visibly interlocked bodily arrangement.
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Text Visual · 90%
Carved sign-like characters are visible across the front of the base, forming an inscription band; the exact reading is not inferred from the image.
Styles and Movements
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Figurative Sculpture Visual · 99%
The work is a three-dimensional representational sculpture depicting two standing people.
Medium and Techniques
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Sculpture Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a statue and identifies its medium as limestone with paint.
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Frontal Perspective Visual · 95%
Both figures are oriented predominantly toward the viewer, arranged in a formal frontal presentation against the rectangular support.
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog date, ca. 2575–2465 B.C., places the work within ancient art.
Materials
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Stone Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies limestone as the principal material.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Ancient Egypt Metadata · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art places the work in the Egyptian Art department and dates it to ca. 2575–2465 B.C.; the title and visible inscription also support an ancient Egyptian context.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.