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Description: | Fine bronze seated figure of Imhotep, holding either end of a half unrolled papyrus scroll, wearing short pleated skirt, feet together on a slightly trapezoidal footplate. Eyebrows, eyes, and the broad collar round his neck, also the inscription on the papyrus once inlaid with gold. Good condition except for repairs to both legs just above the ankles and much of the gold inlay missing. Gift of the Wellcome Trustees: Wellcome Collection accession no. R37/1937. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Temporal: | name=Late Period; start=-664; end=-343
name=Ptolemaic Period; start=-305; end=-30 | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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