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| Keywords: Egyptian - Squatting Baboon - Walters 481545 - Bottom.jpg This squatting figure of a baboon has a loop on the back and was used as an amulet-pendant Baboons could be representations of the god of wisdom Thoth but they appear also as animals greeting the sun god in the morning and the evening This pendant has no moon disk and crescent on his head and what would be typical for Thoth- Baboon Therefore it may represent one of the solar baboons 332-30 BC Greco-Roman Period Egyptian faience with light blue glaze cm 2 34 1 16 0 7 accession number 48 1545 19213 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Squatting Baboon - Walters 481545 Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Amulets of Greco-Roman Egypt | ||||
