Ichneumon Statuette

Description Forepaws raised in adoration, this ichneumon (a type of mongoose) was a votive gift to the cobra-goddess Wadjet. The dedication to her of a snake-eating mongoose may seem ironic, but it is in keeping with Egyptian concepts of association. The inscription on the base names the donor.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/17/1959	Treatment	cleaned
8/19/1998	Examination	survey

Exhibitions

• Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2013-2014.

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

Inscriptions [Translation] Wadjet may give life {to} Isis-irdis, daughter of Hor.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters