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| Keywords: Egyptian - Thoth-Ibis - Walters 481681 - Back.jpg The Ibis was the sacred bird of Thoth patron deity of scribes and writing and god of wisdom Thoth recorded the results of the judgment of the deceased in the underworld in a ceremony called the weighing of the heart Wearing the amulet placed the deceased under the protection of the god This amulet displays a recumbent Ibis on a base with a loop on the back directly behind its head ca 320 250 BC early Greco-Roman Egyptian faience with blue and green glaze cm 2 45 0 65 3 4 accession number 48 1681 26193 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 Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Thoth amulets | ||||
