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Imhotep is represented sitting, his feet resting on a rectangular base. He wears a long garment, a broad collar and sandals; his head is shaven. In his hands he holds an unrolled papyrus bearing two horizontal lines of hieroglyphic inscription (A). Another line of hieroglyphs (B) is placed on the front and proper right sides of the base. Most probably the statuette had originally been sitting on a separately cast chair.

Imhotep is represented sitting, his feet resting on a rectangular base. He wears a long garment, a broad collar and sandals; his head is shaven. In his hands he holds an unrolled papyrus bearing two horizontal lines of hieroglyphic inscription (A). Another line of hieroglyphs (B) is placed on the front and proper right sides of the base. Most probably the statuette had originally been sitting on a separately cast chair.

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p(A)-dj-bast.t

ptH-jr-dj-s

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Hieroglyphs \|A1- M18-m-Htp:tp-! \|A2-wr:r- H8:Z1-p:t-H-! \|B-M18-m-Htp:tp-di-anx-p:di-W2-t:H8-H8:Z1-ir:D37:z-!
Transliteration (A1) jj-m-Htp (A2) wr zA ptH (B) jj-m-Htp dj anx p(A)-dj-bAst.t za ptH-jr-dj-s
Translation (A1) Imhotep (A2) the great, son of Phah. (B) Imhotep given life, Padibastet, son of Ptahirdis. (A1) Imhotep (A2) the great, son of Phah. (B) Imhotep given life, Padibastet, son of Ptahirdis.

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Recorded in the Golenischeff catalogue of 1891.

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Golenischeff W., Ermitage Imperial. Inventaire de la collection #gyptienne. S.l., 1891, p.23, no.197.

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Preservation: 
The chair is lost.

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