Imhotep
Description
Cupreous metal, precious metal inlay
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.
Bronze/metal statuette of a standing male figure shown frontally with a wig-like headdress and stylized facial features, holding objects near the legs; no readable inscription is visible.
The image shows a small standing figure in a dark green/bronze patina. The figure has a smooth, simplified face with downcast/closed eyes, a stylized wig or close-cropped headdress, and a broad collar with incised patterning across the chest. The torso is largely bare with patterned bands on the upper body. The figure’s arms hang down, with the hands positioned near the thighs/upper legs holding or supporting a small object/form (exact identification is unclear from the photo). The legs are separated and end in feet planted on a rounded base. The overall style suggests a Late Period–Ptolemaic Egyptian sculptural devotional or protective figure; however, no clear hieroglyphic text, cartouche, or legible attributes that would confirm a specific named individual are visible in this image.
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About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.