Faience Amulet Of Ibis-Headed Thoth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Walter J. Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Walter J. Clark
notes: label: Notes
content: STANDING FIGURE W/ LARGE BEAK. SUPPORTED BY UPRIGHT PLANK AT BACK & FLAT, THIN RECTANGULAR BASE. BARE TORSO W/ SHORT SKIRT. FACE HAS LARGE BEAK. STANDS STRAIGHT W/ LEFT LEG EXTENDED & ARMS AT SIDES. HAS HOLE PIERCED IN PLANK RIGHT BELOW HEADDRESS.
label: Notes
content: Ibis headed god Thoth, pierced with hole for hanging.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Thoth amulet, 1450-940 B.C. Inventor of writing and god of wisdom, Thoth in his ibis-headed form sports a beak often compared to a scribe's pen.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409928
label: USNM Number
content: A553326-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.2 cm