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Source Description
This squatting figure of a baboon has a loop on the back and was used as an amulet-pendant. Baboons could be representations of the god of wisdom Thoth but they appear also as animals greeting the sun god in the morning and the evening. This pendant has no moon disk and crescent on his head and what would be typical for Thoth- Baboon. Therefore, it may represent one of the solar baboons.
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Document identity
localId
19213
label
Squatting Baboon
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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6
Source metadata
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19213
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Squatting Baboon
description
This squatting figure of a baboon has a loop on the back and was used as an amulet-pendant. Baboons could be representations of the god of wisdom Thoth but they appear also as animals greeting the sun god in the morning and the evening. This pendant has no moon disk and crescent on his head and what would be typical for Thoth- Baboon. Therefore, it may represent one of the solar baboons.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
pendants
amulets
amulet-pendants
imageCount
6
pageCount
6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.3
height
1.2
depth
0.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 15/16 x W: 7/16 x D: 1/4 in. (2.34 x 1.16 x 0.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience with light blue glaze
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
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