An ancient Egyptian blue faience amulet of Thoth as a seated Baboon in profile wearing a crescent and moon disk.
Ptolemaic Period.
Ca. 305 - 30 BC.
Height: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm).
Thoth played a role in maintaining the universe, along with his wife Maat (truth). Thoth was also heavily associated with scribal procedures and writing, and by extension with magic, science, and judgment.
Formerly in the collection of Jerome Eisenberg, New York.