figure
- Museum number
- EA40666
- Description
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Bronze seated figure of Imhotep; silver eyes; holding scroll; hieroglyphic inscriptions on scroll and around base; incised collar and belt; folds in kilt front modelled; incised banded belt.
- Dimensions
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Height: 19.50 centimetres
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Weight: 0.928 kilograms
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
D. Antoine and M. Vandenbeusch, Egyptian mummies. Exploring ancient lives, Sydney 2016, pp. 106-7.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2016-2017 10 Oct-30 Apr, Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, Ancient Lives
2017 16 Jun-18 Oct, Hong Kong Science Museum, Ancient Lives
2017-2018 14 Nov-20 Feb, Taiwan, National Palace Museum, Ancient Lives
2018 16 Mar-22 Jul, Brisbane, Queensland Museum of Art, Ancient Lives
2019-2020 14 Sept- 28 Jun, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Lives EXTENDED DUE TO COVID19
2020-2021, 19 Sept - 21 Mar, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Lives
2021-2022 9 Oct - 10 Jan, Tokyo, Museum of Science and Nature, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 5 Feb- 8 May, Kobe City Museum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 14 Jul- 26 Oct, Madrid, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
- Condition
- fair (blackened)
- Acquisition date
- 1904
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA40666
- Registration number
- 1904,0514.1
