Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of Imhotep
Description
Red quartzite
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small statue of a seated figure depicted in a simple and naturalistic style.
The artifact is a reddish-brown sculpture of a seated male figure with crossed arms, resting on a rectangular base. It appears to be made of a stone material like sandstone or limestone, and it is worn, indicating age. The style is typical of ancient Egyptian art, focusing on a natural representation of human form with minimal adornment.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
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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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