Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta

Statue in glass case located at Brooklyn Museum. **Placard**: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV or Amunhotep III, circa 1400-1352 B.C.E. Probably from Dahamsha Limestone, painted Charles Edwin Wilbour fund, 40.523 To express the physical and spiritual bond between two individuals, sculptors devised a form called the pair statue. The most common variety showed the subjects-a husband and wife, a mother and child, or a king and a divinity, for example--seated together on a chair or bench. The earliest documented examples date to the reign of King Djoser in the Third Dynasty (circa 2675-2625 B.C.E.). This New Kingdom pair statue represents a married couple. The inscription tells us that the man is Nesben, a scribe in the royal treasury, and the woman Nebet-ta, a singer in the temple of the goddess Isis. They each pass one arm behind the other, a symbol of closeness. In order to convey this sentiment and to create a harmonious design, the sculptor extended the arms to unnatural lengths. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab现藏于布鲁克林博物馆（Brooklyn Museum）玻璃展柜中的雕像。**标牌**：新王国第十八王朝，图特摩斯四世（Thutmose IV）或阿蒙霍特普三世（Amunhotep III）统治时期，约公元前1400年至公元前1352年。材质大概率为达哈姆沙石灰岩（Dahamsha Limestone），经彩绘，出自查尔斯·埃德温·威尔伯（Charles Edwin Wilbour）收藏基金，藏品编号40.523。为传递两位个体间的肉体与精神联结，雕塑家创制了双人雕像（pair statue）这一艺术形式。其最典型的表现范式为：两名主体——例如夫妻、母子，或是国王与神祇——一同坐于椅凳之上。目前有明确文献记载的最早双人雕像可追溯至第三王朝乔塞尔王（King Djoser）统治时期（约公元前2675年至公元前2625年）。这件新王国时期的双人雕像展现的是一对夫妻。铭文记载，男子为内斯本（Nesben），时任皇家国库文书；女子为涅贝塔（Nebet-ta），是女神伊西斯（Isis）神庙的歌者。二人各自将一只手臂环绕于对方身后，以此象征亲密无间。为传递这份真挚情感并营造和谐的构图效果，雕塑家将手臂延展至超出人体自然比例的长度。资料来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab