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God thoth in Form of a Baboon

Date4th-1st century B.C.
Object number50.83
Provenance[Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Eugene Fuller Memorial/ Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, January 28, 1948; Accessioned by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, March 31, 1950
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions6 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (16.8 x 6.3 x 8 cm)
MediumWood
Ibis, Incarnation of the God Thoth
Egyptian
6th - 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 65.141
Seated baboon
Egyptian, Third Intermediate period, 22nd Dynasty
ca. 800 B.C.
Object number: 50.48
Thoth enthroned
Egyptian
ca. 2nd century B.C.
Object number: 55.164
Thoth
Egyptian, Late period, 26th - 30th Dynasty
ca. 664 - 525 B.C.
Object number: 46.14
Amulet:  Figure of Thoth
Egyptian
ca. 150 B.C.
Object number: 49.67
Amulet:  Ibis-Headed Thoth
Egyptian
Object number: 47.40
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Egyptian, Behbeit el Hagara
285-246 B.C.
Object number: 47.57
Dwarf god Ptah
Egyptian, New Kingdom or later
first millennium B.C.
Object number: 46.15
False door in the form of an palace facade
Egyptian, Mastaba
7th - 6th century B.C.
Object number: 61.66
The God Apis, Holy Bull of Memphis
Egyptian
6th century B.C.
Object number: 45.19
Amulet:  Wedjat Eye of the God Horus
Egyptian
Object number: 61.64