Statuette of Imhotep in the Brooklyn Museum, March 2010

Statuette of Imhotep

Imhotep, an official of King Djoser in Dynasty 3, supervised the construction of the earliest known monumental stone structure, the Step Pyramid.

Over many centuries, ancient Egyptian reverence for Imhotep's wisdom grew until, by the Late Period, he was worshiped as a god. Images of the divine Imhotep show him dressed as an official. This statuette, from more than two thousand years after Imhotep's time, depicts him seated and holding a papyrus scroll.

Medium: Bronze

Dates: 381-30 B.C.E.

Dynasty: XXX Dynasty or later

Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period

Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 4 9/16 in. (17.2 x 5.4 x 11.6 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is not on view

Accession Number: 36.623

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3410/Statue...