Imhotep

mid 7th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period) H: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm) Citation

Imhotep is shown seated; his chair is missing. He holds a papyrus roll in both hands. He wears a skull cap, a short kilt, and an engraved collar. The whites of the eyes are inlaid.

Artifact

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17856
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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