Imhotep
Description
<p></p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2079' rel='external'>Imhotep</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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 dark bronze-colored seated human figure with a close-fitting headdress, shown holding or positioned above a belt-like garment, on a rectangular base.
The image shows a standing/seated (resting pose) Egyptian-style male statue in a dark metallic tone. The figure wears a smooth cap or headdress and has a stylized face with inlaid-looking light areas around the eyes. The torso is relatively plain and depicts a muscular/standing posture, with a belt or kilt wrapped around the waist and hanging garment panels. The statue stands on a rectangular plinth/base that also appears dark and may include a dense speckled decoration on the front surface. No legible carved hieroglyphs are clearly visible on the body or base at this resolution. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 54.2079 tier-2
- Walters-id 30769 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- 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.