Headless statue of Babaef as younger man, ca. 2475–2450

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Headless statue of Babaef as younger man, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4–5, ca. 2475–2450 , From Egypt, Memphite Region, Giza, Western Cemebery, Mastaba G5230, Harvard-Boston MFA excavations 1914, Limestone, H. × W. cm (47 7/16 × 14 3/4 in.), The two statues 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 64

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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