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Mereruka and His Wife, Watetkhethor
Scene in the Old Kingdom tomb of the Chief Justice and Vizier and his wife, the king's eldest daughter, showing Watetkhethor playing the harp for Mereruka while the two are shown sitting on a bed. Under the bed are jars of assorted fancy oils and chests of fine clothing.
This scene emphasizes the importance of marriage and family, the role of women as musicians (both in the family and for the gods), and the pleasant life that Egyptian nobles hoped to recover in the afterlife.
Name: Mereruka and His Wife, Watetkhethor
Material: Limestone, pigment
Size: Unknown
Date: Dynasty 5
Place of Origin: Tomb of Mereruka, Chamber A 10, Sakkara, Egypt
Location: Sakkara, Egypt
Source and Registration#: The Mastaba of Mareruka I, Oriental Institute Publications, OIP 31. Plate 95. 1938.
Janet H. Johnson
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology
