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Source Description
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 is broken off.
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Document identity
localId
35123
label
Baboon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
35123
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Baboon
description
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 is broken off.
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Greco-Roman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
amulets
pendants
figurines
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.5
height
0.4
depth
0.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 9/16 x W: 1/8 x D: 1/4 in. (1.48 x 0.35 x 0.66 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
30th Dynasty-Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience with green glaze
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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