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| Keywords: Egyptian - Baboon - Walters 481551 - Left.jpg Baboons were related to the god of wisdom Thoth but also depicted as animals welcoming the sun god in the morning and in the evening This animal has no moon disk and moon crescent on its head and therefore may be one of the solar baboons The loop on the back of the pendant is broken off century 4 1 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman Egyptian faience with green glaze cm 1 48 0 35 0 66 accession number 48 1551 35123 Maurice Nahman Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Monkeys in Ancient Egypt | ||||
