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AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BABOON AMULET browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre AD 1000: item # 921437
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| Blue faience figure of a squatting baboon. With prominent incised ears and strong facial details. Ptolemaic Period, 300-32 B.C. 1 3/8 inches high. Broken suspension loop and minor glaze wear on base. Ex. NYC collection. According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, Thoth in his personification as a baboon, was supposed to be the first to greet the rising sun in the early morning. Thoth was the god of wisdom and learning and was represented either as an ibis or as a baboon. He was also the god who invented script and writing and was the patron deity of scribes. | ||
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