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Thoth as a Baboon
1400-1185 BCE (New Kingdom)
steatite with remains of glazing
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 x W: 1 7/16 x D: 1 in. (5.15 x 3.71 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1565