Seated Imhotep

Provenance Inscription Credit

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Translation] front: Coming forth of (Imhotep?) who gives right: life (pa-Hor-Shen?), son of Pa-Ameny, rear: born of Pay-(hr.f neter?), made of the left: house mistress Sha-her

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

664-332 BC (Late Period)

Medium

cast bronze
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.402

Measurements

H: 10 1/16 in. (25.5 cm)

Geography

Egypt, Mit Rahina (Memphis) (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Not On View