There were in fact two viziers called Bawi - father and son. They came from Akhmim, the capital of the ninth Panopolite nome of Upper Egypt. Both were buried in rock-cut tombs in the mountain of El Hawawish, near the capital. The elder Bawi was vizier during the reign of King Pepy I, and his son served king Pepy II. A finely painted coffin belonging to the younger Bawi survives.