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| Keywords: Egyptian - Standing Thoth with Ibis Head - Walters 481547 - Bottom.jpg 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 between 664 332 BC Late Period Egyptian faience with green glaze cm 13 3 2 55 4 4 accession number 48 1547 4264 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Faience The Colors of the Heavens The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2003-2004 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Thoth amulets Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
