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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Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/552441
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
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. Connections
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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)
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 (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 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.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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