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Votive statuette / god

Description

Votive statuette in copper alloy/bronze of Imhotep, shown as a seated man wearing a close-fitting gown and reading from a scroll: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period, c.664 -332 BC

Museum reference

A.1965.404

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Votive statuette / god

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Late Period, Ancient Egypt

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Imuthes

Exhibitions

  • Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
    Royal Scottish Museum

  • Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

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One of a group of specimens illustrating the manufacture of malleable iron - a sample of puddling furnace slag

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One of a group of specimens illustrating the manufacture of malleable iron - a sample of puddling furnace slag roasted, called bulldog slag, used for coating the hearth of the puddling furnace

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