A faience statuette, Ptolemaic Period, 332 to 30 BCE, showing the god Thoth striding forward. The Metropolitan Museum's own title and its own object name both name Thoth directly. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 26.7.860, Egyptian Art department, Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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Subject Matter
Devotional FunctionFaience statuettes of Thoth in this striding pose were commonly deposited as votive offerings at sites tied to his cult, where the god's sacred ibises and baboons were mummified by the million during the Late and Ptolemaic Periods, purchased by pilgrims seeking his favor in matters of scribal learning, judgment and the weighing of the heart. 1 Physical Form
MediumFaience statuette, Ptolemaic Period, Metropolitan Museum of Art 26.7.860 1 Medium (class) Connections
Associated With
Thoth, Deities This source names Thoth directly: "Period, 332 to 30 BCE, showing the god Thoth striding forward."
Source "Striding Thoth," accession 26.7.860 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Belongs to Tradition
Source "Striding Thoth," accession 26.7.860 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
Thoth, Figures The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Striding Thoth," and its own object name, "Statuette, Thoth," name the god outright.
Source "Striding Thoth," accession 26.7.860 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Originated In
Egypt, Regions Source "Striding Thoth," accession 26.7.860 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. "Striding Thoth," accession 26.7.860 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 26.7.860
Period: Ptolemaic Period. Medium: Faience. Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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A faience statuette, Ptolemaic Period, 332 to 30 BCE, showing the god Thoth striding forward.
Originated In: Egypt, Collection record: culture, country and region fields
Egypt
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