Figure Of Imhotep
Object Details
- Collector
- Joseph Hirshhorn
- Donor Name
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- BRONZE SEATED FIGURE ON WOODEN BASE. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
- Considered for NMNH exhibit Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt but eliminated. 2011 preliminary list for exhibit identifies as: Bronze votive statue of Imhotep, son of Ptah. Dyn. 26 – Early Ptolemaic.
- Record Last Modified
- 12 Jul 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Accession Date
- 28 Aug 1992
- Accession Number
- 370312
- USNM Number
- A553180-0
- Object Type
- Statue
- Length - Object
- 12 cm
- Width - Object
- 4 cm
- Depth - Object
- 6 cm
- Place
- Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8503996
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cee716e1-997c-4c55-8ccd-a82f4e2bfea2
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