Cynocephalus Amulet
Unknown Artist
The god Thoth was associated with two animals: the ibis and the baboon. Here, he is shown as a baboon squatting with its hands on its knees and wearing a crescent and a full moon on its head. As an amulet, it could have been worn, carried, or offered to a deity with the belief that it will magically bestow a particular power or form of protection during life or in the afterlife.
Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
c. 1295-1070 B.C.
Red jasper
0.9 x 0.5 x 0.6 in
10.130.1933
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020
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