Statuette of Imhotep

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1892.160

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AIC_.1892.160

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Egyptian

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African; North African; Egyptian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Egyptian

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Egyptian

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Statuette of Imhotep

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Statuette of Imhotep

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

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preferred

Title Type

false

View:

3/4 view

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3/4 view

View

false

Creation Date:

Ptolemaic Period, 323-30 B.C.

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Ptolemaic Period, 323-30 B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-323

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-323

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-30

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-30

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Bronze

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Bronze

Materials and Techniques

false

Subject Description:

Imhotep was the architect who designed the Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser (Dynasty 3, c. 2687 B.C.). Fifteen hundred years later, Imhotep was deified and revered as a god of healing and wisdom. As a sign of his learning, he holds an unrolled papyrus on his lap.

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Imhotep was the architect who designed the Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser (Dynasty 3, c. 2687 B.C.). Fifteen hundred years later, Imhotep was deified and revered as a god of healing and wisdom. As a sign of his learning, he holds an unrolled papyrus on his lap.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Africa,North Africa,Egypt

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Africa,North Africa,Egypt

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H.: 11.7 cm (4-5/8 in.); W.: 4 cm (1-1/2 in.)

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H.: 11.7 cm (4-5/8 in.); W.: 4 cm (1-1/2 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1892.160

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1892.160

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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Statuette of Imhotep