Faience Amulet of Thoth

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late period, 26th dynasty, 664-525 B.C.

Material: Faience

Dimensions: 7 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 1395

Provenance: Swiss collection B.O., acquired in the 1970s. Thence with Royal Athena in New York.

Condition: Feet and plinth reattached without any missing parts. Minor cracks, otherwise intact.

Description: A faience amulet of the striding Thoth on his original plinth worked out in a very high quality. The god of science and the scribes in human form with the head of an ibis. He wears a tripartite wig and the usekh collar. The arms are placed along the body, the hands formed to fists. Thoth wears a pleated kilt and has his left leg put forward. Mounted.