Statue of the Overseer of Stonemasons Senbebu and Family ca. 1981–1802 Middle Kingdom Senbebu, the central figure of this group, was an overseer of stonemasons, a title indicating that he supervised quarrying and/or stonecutting, professions also held by his father and son. Abetib on the left was likely Senbebu’s wife, while Peryt on the right was either another wife or perhaps a sister-in-law. During the Middle Kingdom, mid-level officials such as Senbebu were increasingly able to commission commemorative monuments of respectable Statue of the Overseer of Stonemasons Senbebu an
Statue of the Overseer of Stonemasons Senbebu and Family ca. 1981–1802 Middle Kingdom Senbebu, the central figure of this group, was an overseer of stonemasons, a title indicating that he supervised quarrying and/or stonecutting, professions also held by his father and son. Abetib on the left was likely Senbebu’s wife, while Peryt on the right was either another wife or perhaps a sister-in-law. During the Middle Kingdom, mid-level officials such as Senbebu were increasingly able to commission commemorative monuments of respectable Statue of the Overseer of Stonemasons Senbebu and Family 544181
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