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Head of male statue, perhaps Babaef Old KingdomGiza

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 64.66.3. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 64.66.3
Find spot: Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 4–5
Date: ca. 2475–2450 B.C.
Date range: 2475 BCE – 2450 BCE
Materials: ['granite']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Head of male statue, perhaps Babaef (64.66.3). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/31229

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Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4–5, ca. 2475–2450 B.C. Granite. H. 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.). From: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G4813; Shaft C, Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: Harvard-Boston MFA excavations, 1915. Subject: Heads, Men. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1964.

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Found at Giza

Materials Stone

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