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Isis nursing Horus
Standing Figure of Ptah
Statuette of the Goddess Taweret
Double-flute player
Statuette of cat
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 134
Thoth, the god of writing, accounting and all things intellectual, was associated with two animals: the ibis and the baboon. His images either show him represented by these animals or they combine a human body with an ibis head as in this piece of shiny blue faience.
Formerly Carnarvon Collection, purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, 1926. Previously purchased by Lord Carnarvon at the Macgregor sale, Sotheby's London, 1922.
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