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Gilded wooden figure of Thoth

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Title/s	Gilded wooden figure of Thoth
Category	figure
Name	statuette
Description	Thoth, ibis, walking. Thoth was the scribe of the gods, he was linked to ibis and baboons.
Field Collection	Egypt
Dimensions	height 17 cm length 20 cm
Period	Late Period Ptolemaic
Date	circa 332 B.C. — 30 B.C.
Provenance	bequeathed: Greg, Robert (Sir) 1954 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Material/s	copper alloy (head, feet and legs) wood, covered with cloth then gesso, then gilded (body)
Accession Number	E.202.1954 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 62258; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-13)

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Gilded wooden figure of Thoth