Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Headless statue of Babaef as older man

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Description

Statue, Babaef as older man. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4–5, ca. 2475–2450 B.C. Limestone. H. 141 × W. 33.5 cm (55 1/2 × 13 3/16 in.). From: Western Cemetery, 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.

Photograph of an ancient Egyptian limestone statue showing a standing male figure with missing head/face details, shown frontally with arms at the sides and legs planted on a rectangular base.

The object is a limestone sculpture carved in the round and photographed against a neutral background. The figure is shown standing upright with a heavily worn or missing upper head area; the torso and legs are preserved, though surfaces show erosion and small losses. The man’s left and right arms hang down by the sides; the hands are roughly carved with fingers indicated, and the legs are separated in a typical standing pose. The waist and lower garment/sash area show incised or carved lines suggesting a wrapped or pleated cloth. The statue stands on a rectangular block/base with the upper surface worn. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions can be confidently read on the visible surfaces in this image. No deities or royal names are identifiable, and there is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text.

royal Old Kingdom (as catalogued) poor
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Giza
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243273 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 64.66.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545826 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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