# Statuette of Imhotep

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: Ptolemaic Period (305–30 BCE)
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 12.5 × 3.8 × 6.5 cm (5 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120293)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f822c90c-f599-54f3-ddb6-d92c588678da/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Imhotep was the architect who designed the Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser (Dynasty 3, c.2687 BCE). 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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