RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN, Leiden, Holland

Limestone statue of Maya and Merit
bookmark thin card 160 x 50 mm, produced by Museum Cards, Amersfoort, NL

The double statue of Maya and his wife Merit is one of the most beautiful Egyptian statues and dates from approx. 1325 B.C.. Maya was a kind of minister of finance
under the two pharaos Tutankhamun and Horemheb.  In Saqqara, he ordered a
spacious tomb to be built for himself and his wife Merit.