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Ptolemaic Period
Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep in late beliefs, received divine status like her son. Typically she wears on her short rounded hairstyle the feather crown and double uraei of an Egyptian queen-like goddess, and carries a queen's flywhisk scepter.
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Title: Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27–30
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Leaded bronze
Dimensions:
H. 16 × W. 3.7 × D. 5.6 cm (5 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
H. (with tang): 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.844
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