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Small Statue of Imhotep

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Description

Caption: Small Statue of Imhotep, 305–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 4 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 2 5/16 in. (11.5 x 3 x 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.373E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small dark metal seated statue depicts a standing-well proportioned figure holding an object on the lap, with a smooth wig-like head covering and a beaded/necklace collar.

The image shows a compact, seated Egyptian-style figure on a rectangular base. The figure has a bald/smooth head with a short, rounded head covering and a stylized facial profile (eyes and mouth indicated). The torso is narrow and the arms are posed close to the body; one hand appears to rest on a flat or rolled object held at the lap. The figure wears a broad collar with bead-like rows across the chest/neck and a tunic or garment rendered with vertical/pleated detailing on the lower legs. The statue’s surface is uniformly dark and matte, with no clearly legible inscription visible on the body, base, or background. No visible cartouche or named royal figure is apparent in this view.

royal Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue); stylistic features are consistent with later Egyptian small bronze statuary, but exact dating not fully confirmable from this image alone. good
Deities Imhotep (attribution per catalogue; not visibly confirmable from inscriptions or explicit iconographic markers in this image)
Materials unknown dark metal (bronze per catalogue)

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities Imhotep
Materials WoodBronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.373E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117029 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.