Cartonnage Fragment of God Thoth as a Baboon

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Ptolemaic period, 332-30 B.C.

Material: Cartonnage

Dimensions: 9 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 1147

Provenance: From the private collection of the famous French composer Jean Prodromides (1927-2016).

Condition: Fragment of exquisite quality.

Description: Cartonnage with almost completely preserved polychromy, depicting the Egyptian moon god Thoth in human form with a dog-faced baboon head. He wears a wig, collar, upper arm bracelets and a breastplate with shoulder straps. Underneath still recognizable are a diagonally stripped apron as well as his left arm. Writing tablet and cane are usually Thoth’s attributes which associate him as the scribe of the gods as well as the inventor of the hieroglyphs. Green, black, brown, red and yellow polychromy, which are almost completely preserved. Mounted.