AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE IMHOTEP
LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE IMHOTEP LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C. Solid cast, depicted seated with his feet apart on a trapezoidal integral plinth, wearing a long pleated kilt, a cap-crown and an incised broad collar, his large eyes once inlaid, preserving traces of gold or electrum for the sclerae, a papyrus scroll unrolled on his lap, with a hieroglyphic inscription reading: "Imhotep, [Son of] Ptah, Justified” 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE IMHOTEP
LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE IMHOTEP LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C. Solid cast, depicted seated with his feet apart on a trapezoidal integral plinth, wearing a long pleated kilt, a cap-crown and an incised broad collar, his large eyes once inlaid, preserving traces of gold or electrum for the sclerae, a papyrus scroll unrolled on his lap, with a hieroglyphic inscription reading: "Imhotep, [Son of] Ptah, Justified” 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
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