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Description : [ Antiquities ] A Blue-Green Faience Figure Of A Baboon 26TH/30TH Dynasty 664-525 B.C. sacred to the god Thoth seated on a fragmentary base and resting his fore paws on his knees the tail curved around to the front the facial features naturalistically modeled his cape-like mass of fur finely incised. Height from modern base 7.9cm For related examples cf. Egypte moments d'eternite pp. 256-257 no. 170 and especially Burlington Fine Arts Exhibition p. 66 no. 6 pl. Xviii ( Earl of Carnarvon collection). For the role and significance of baboons in ancient Egypt see Houlihan The Animal World of the Pharaohs pp. 95-96 and 105-108 E20 000-30 000

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