Imhotep
Late Period, 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC)
Bronze
Height: 17 cm
Inv.: MEB E-191
Imhotep, High Priest of Ra in Heliopolis and builder of the first pyramid in Egypt for Pharaoh Dyesert (3rd Dynasty), was deified two thousand years after his death. Patron of scribes during the New Kingdom, they offered him a drop of blood or water before starting work.