Double "Washabti" statue
This is a double statue of a “facetee” belonging to a person called “Khaemwast” and his wife, “Mset.” This is the first time I have seen a statue of a “facetie” of a man and a woman together (a man and his wife). It is considered a rare piece in ancient Egyptian art. It is known that statues of servants are “ The washabti is placed in the cemetery to carry out worldly tasks such as planting, harvesting, and transporting sand in their afterlife.
Khaemwas or Khammwas, one of the sons of Ramesses II from the 19th Dynasty. He was a crown prince, but he died before his father. He paid great attention to restoring the destroyed ancient temples and reviving rituals and holidays. He left inscriptions with his name in most archaeological sites referring to his works. He was famous in later times for his wisdom. The ruins of his tomb were found not far from the pyramids of Giza at Nazlet Al-Batran.
It seems that they loved each other very much, and therefore they preferred to stay together in the afterlife, even if it was symbolic in the form of a small statue, and this in itself is the pinnacle of sincerity and human sublimity that appears to us in the wonderful piece of art displayed in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
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