Thoth as a Baboon

Description The figurine of the god Thoth has lost its moon disk and moon crescent on his head. The god has a necklace with a shrine shaped pectoral around his neck. The face is not shaped as a baboon but rather depicted as a bearded man, and may have been reworked in antiquity.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as obtained in Luxor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930