Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Imhotep

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Description

Cupreous metal

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 bronze/copper-alloy standing statue of a male figure in a kilt, shown frontally on a light rectangular base.

The image shows a single standing human figure (male-coded) rendered in dark greenish/black patinated metal. The figure wears a tight kilt with a patterned pleated texture and is posed with arms held close to the body; the hands rest at about waist level. The head is bare with simplified facial features (eyes and mouth indicated). The statue is photographed against a plain light background and mounted on a light-colored rectangular pedestal; no visible inscriptions or carved hieroglyphs/Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are readable on the visible surfaces. The overall style suggests an Egyptian small cult statue/dedication type, but the specific identity as “Imhotep” cannot be confirmed from the image alone because no clear cartouche or inscription naming Imhotep (or a recognizable iconographic attribute) is visible.

royal Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (consistent with catalogue; exact phase unclear from image) good
Deities unknown
Materials cupreous metal

Connections

Deities Imhotep
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