M0005429: Statue of Imhotep, Egyptian demi-God, circa 2900 B.C.

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Statue of I.M. Hotep, Egyptian demi-God, circa 2900 B.C.

Photograph of a statue held by the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, of Imhotep, Egyptian chancellor and high priest who was later deified. The photograph was compiled by Captain Johnston-Saint, a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee, for his Royal Society of Medicince lecture in 1938

March 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.