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Standing Thoth with Ibis Head

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Accession: 48.1547
Dynasty: 30th Dynasty
Date: 664-332 BC (Late Period)
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with green glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Standing Thoth with Ibis Head (48.1547). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220052

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<p>The Egyptians depicted Thoth, the god of wisdom and writing, as an ibis (a wading bird), a man with an ibis head, or a baboon. Thoth amulets primarily protected officials and the deceased in the underworld. This was probably made during the 30th Dynasty.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1547' rel='external'>Standing Thoth with Ibis Head</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Thoth

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Walters-AccNum 48.1547 tier-2
Walters-id 4264 tier-2

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