Baboon

4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Greco-Roman)

0.4 cm 1.5 cm 0.7 cm

Citation Source image

Baboons were related to the god of wisdom Thoth but also depicted as animals welcoming the sun god in the morning and in the evening. This animal has no moon disk and moon crescent on its head and therefore may be one of the solar baboons. The loop on the back of the pendant i...

Artifact

id
id
35123
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
4
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1551_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1551_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1551_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg
imageCount 4
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1551