Blue Faience Scribe Figure
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: SEATED BLUE FAIENCE FIGURE HAS BARE TORSO & WEARS KNEE-LENGTH SKIRT. BACK STRAIGHT, ARMS ON KNEES HOLDING FLAT TABLET ON LAP, LEGS CROSSED & FOLDED UNDERNEATH. HAS CARVED FACIAL FEATURES & EARS. HAS BABOON CLINGING TO BACK OF HEAD, ITS TAIL DRAPING DOWN FIGURE'S BACK. COULD ALSO BE BABOON-SHAPED HEADDRESS? FIGURE RESTS ON FLAT, ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR BASE. HAS HAIRLINE CRACKS AT BASE BOTTOM AND NECK.
label: Notes
content: Statue, blue faience, scribe with baboon headdress (representing baboon form of Thoth). Per Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan, probably fake or modern copy; shows an amalgamation of styles - pose and dress are typical of 18th Dynasty, while baboon headdress is more 19th or 20th Dynasty.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2022
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: A553324-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 14 cm