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Statue of Seated Imhotep Ptolemaic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 26.7.852a, b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 26.7.852a, b
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Date range: 332 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['cupreous metal', 'precious metal inlay']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Statue of Seated Imhotep (26.7.852a, b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/41055

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Statuette, Imhotep. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C. Cupreous metal, precious metal inlay. H. 14 × W. 4.8 × D. 9.8 cm (5 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.). Said to be from: Delta. Subject: Scrolls, Men. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

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Wikidata-Q Q29385939 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 26.7.852a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 548300 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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