Headless statue of Babaef as younger man
Description
Statue, Babaef as younger man. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4–5, ca. 2475–2450 B.C. Limestone. H. 120.5 × W. 37.5 cm (47 7/16 × 14 3/4 in.). From: Western Cemebery, Mastaba G5230, Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: Harvard-Boston MFA excavations 1914. Subject: Men. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1964.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A carved limestone statue fragment showing the standing lower body of a man, with the head missing, hands at the sides, and a plain block base.
The image depicts a headless Egyptian sculptural figure shown from approximately the upper torso to the feet. The figure stands upright on a rectangular pedestal/bock base. Both arms hang at the sides (upper arms and hands visible), and the legs are shown with feet planted on the base; toes are individually indicated. A broad, triangular/diagonal element on the front of the torso suggests a wrapped garment or sash panel. Some shallow tool marks and weathering are visible across the surfaces, especially on the pedestal and lower legs. An area of incised marks or a small folded/pleated motif is visible on the front of the torso, but no complete legible hieroglyphs or cartouches are clearly readable in the provided view. No deities’ attributes are clearly identifiable from this cropped, headless lower-body perspective.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243275 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 64.66.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545825 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.