M0017658: Display of Ancient Egyptian figures of Imhotep at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Collection of figures of Imhotep, Egyptian.

Photograph of a display of Ancient Egyptian figures of Imhotep collected by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem. Imhotep was an Ancient Egyptian chancellor to Pharaoh Djoser, High Priest of Ra and physician who was deified after his death. For more details about each item, see the relevant entry in the accession registers. Accession numbers for the items, top row: R50/1936, R39/1936, R69/1936, R37/1936, R75/1936, R78/1936, R59/1936, R58/1936, R38/1936; middle row R34/1936, R62/1936, A63436, R49/1936, MacG. 1264, R80/1936, R54/1936; bottom row R2949/1936, R36/1936, R71/1936, R70/1936, R72/1936, R60/1936, R66/1936. They are not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017657

November 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R34/1936-R80/1936,

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 2022.

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