Votive baboon
Numerous faience figurines of women, children and baboons have been found at temple sites of the Early Dynastic Period. The precise meaning of these baboons is uncertain, and may not be the same as at later periods, when the baboon form was used to depict especially, Thoth the god of wisdom. The small votives of the earliest periods provide important evidence for the history of glazing technology. It is thought that the artificial composition faience was develo...ped in Western Asia and imported into Egypt; these figures indicate the production of faience in Egypt on some scale by at least 3000 BC.
Numerous faience figurines of women, children and baboons have been found at temple sites of the Early Dynastic Period. The precise meaning of these baboons is uncertain, and may not be the same as at later periods, when the baboon form was used to depict especially, Thoth the god of wisdom. The small votives of the earliest periods provide important evidence for the history of glazing technology. It is thought that the artificial composition faience was develo...ped in Western Asia and imported into Egypt; these figures indicate the production of faience in Egypt on some scale by at least 3000 BC.
Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number 1903:684
Dating EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD/THINITE PERIOD
Archaeological Site ABYDOS
Category ANIMAL/HYBRID FIGURINE
Material FAIENCE
Technique PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL ?
Height 4.5 cm
Width 3 cm
Bibliography•Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, 43
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Inventory number 1903:684
Dating EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD/THINITE PERIOD
Archaeological Site ABYDOS
Category ANIMAL/HYBRID FIGURINE
Material FAIENCE
Technique PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL ?
Height 4.5 cm
Width 3 cm
Bibliography•Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, 43
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