Baboon amulet

Museum number:
6-21991
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060021991
Accession number:
Acc.63/195
Description:
Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 505, Cemetery 500, El Ahaiwah
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb 505
Culture or time period:
20th Dynasty of Egypt (1186–1069 BC) and 21st Dynasty of Egypt (1069–945 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Stone (worked rock) (stone)
Person depicted:
Thoth (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets and Baboons
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Baboon amulet, accession number 6-21991, described as Animal (baboon?) amulet with disc on head, of blue stone; length 21 mm.

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