Standing Ibis Headed God

ca. 945-664 BCE (Third Intermediate Period, 22nd-25th dynasty)

1.6 cm 7.1 cm 2.2 cm

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Thoth, the god of wisdom and patron deity of scribes, was often shown with a human body and an ibis head. Here he wears a shendit-kilt, a long wig, and the moon-disk and crescent as a crown on his head. His left foot is missing. Silver figures such as this were precious and us...

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [found at Pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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संस्कृति
Egyptian
माध्यम
silver cast

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