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Imhotep, Donated by Padisu, accession 30.8.94 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Imhotep, donated by Padisu," a copper-alloy votive statuette of the Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664 to 30 BCE, possibly from Memphis. The record's own title names the deified sage and physician Imhotep directly and names the donor who dedicated the piece. Theodore M. Davis Collection, bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915. Accession number 30.8.94.

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Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/552441
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned statuette, the strongest available record for its period, findspot and accession number, whose own title names the figure outright.
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Imhotep, Figures

This source names Imhotep directly: "open-access collection API record for "Imhotep, donated by Padisu," a copper-alloy votive statuette of the Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664 to 30 BCE, possibly from Memphis."

Source Imhotep, Donated by Padisu, accession 30.8.94 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Imhotep, Deities

This source names Imhotep directly: "open-access collection API record for "Imhotep, donated by Padisu," a copper-alloy votive statuette of the Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664 to 30 BCE, possibly from Memphis."

Source Imhotep, Donated by Padisu, accession 30.8.94 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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