M0014660: Statue of Imhotep, Egyptian god of physicians

Previous title, replaced October 2021: I-M-Hotep, Egyptian god of the physicians, silver statuette.

Photograph of an electrum statue on a marble base of Imhotep showing him seated and holding a roll of papyrus. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R35/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0014659

1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R35/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.