Egyptian Faience Statuette of a Baboon
An ancient Egyptian faience statuette representing the god Thoth in the guise of a baboon squatting with his hands on his knees, his face framed by a mane and his upper body cloaked with tufted fur. Late Period. Ca. 700 - 30 BC. Height: 3 1/2 in. (9 cm). The baboon was especially associated with the scribal god Thoth. Thoth played a role in maintaining the universe, along with his wife Maat (truth). Thoth was also heavily associated with scribal procedures and writing, and by extension with magic, science, and judgment. cf.: Metropolitan Museum of Art inv. no. 26.7.874 Formerly in a French private collection.
Inv#: 6550
$20,000
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