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pottery
Baboon like figure holding a vessel. The baboon was sacred to the god Thoth and also to the god Amun whose cult was centred on Thebes. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1931. These items are usually thought to be New Kingdom in date and are usually made of stone (See E L B Terrace 1966. 'Blue marble plastic vessels and other figurines' in 'Journal of the American Research Centre In Egypt' page 5…
Type of item
- pottery
- New Kingdom
Type of item
- pottery
- New Kingdom
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W1278
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:05:48.078Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:24.623Z