Amulet of Thoth
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Egyptian
Egypt
Thoth, a god of wisdom and writing, could be shown as an ape or an ibis-headed man. The disk on the ape’s head alluded to his association with the moon.
Glazed steatite
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Egyptian
Egypt
Thoth, a god of wisdom and writing, could be shown as an ape or an ibis-headed man. The disk on the ape’s head alluded to his association with the moon.
Glazed steatite