Headless statue of Babaef as younger man ca. 2475–2450 Old Kingdom The two statues and were found in the mastaba of Babaef. They are part of a set of as many as sixty representations of him in alabaster, red and black granite, and limestone. The taut flesh and muscles and the energetic stride of his youth in contrast with the softened muscles, lost flesh tone, and measured stride of his maturity in Babaef was a vizier and overseer of all construction projects. He was described as "king's son of his body" and "unique associate of his father," though the kin
Headless statue of Babaef as younger man ca. 2475–2450 Old Kingdom The two statues and were found in the mastaba of Babaef. They are part of a set of as many as sixty representations of him in alabaster, red and black granite, and limestone. The taut flesh and muscles and the energetic stride of his youth in contrast with the softened muscles, lost flesh tone, and measured stride of his maturity in Babaef was a vizier and overseer of all construction projects. He was described as "king's son of his body" and "unique associate of his father," though the king himself is not mentioned by Headless statue of Babaef as younger man 545825
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