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

Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep

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Description

Leaded bronze

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 Egyptian statuette depicts a standing woman wearing a tall wig and holding one arm up to the chest, set on a dark red rectangular base.

The image shows a full, frontal view of a seated/standing (upright) figure rendered in metal with a smooth, dark facial features and a stylized wig/headpiece. The figure’s posture is upright; one hand is raised toward the upper torso as if presenting or holding an object (the exact object is unclear). The figure wears a fitted garment covering the torso and legs, with visible seams/patterning on the clothing. A tall, ribbed headdress/wig crown rises above the head. The statuette stands on a rectangular base that appears to be a dark red stone (or plaster) with a weathered surface. No legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the image. No clear cartouche or royal titulary is discernible.

royal Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue ground truth; not directly verifiable from the image) good
Materials leaded bronze (per catalogue; appearance consistent with bronze/metal surface)dark red stone/plaster base

Connections

Deities Imhotep

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246310 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.844 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 552829 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.