THIRD INTERMEDIATE-SAITE PERIOD, 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION FIGURE OF THOTH, LORD OF TIME
THIRD INTERMEDIATE-SAITE PERIOD, 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
The baboon-headed god wearing a tripartite wig and layered necklace, he sits with the outline of his paws under the mummiform garment, the back pillar in the form of a pesesh-kef, tip of muzzle restored
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's New York, 20 June 1990, lot 25.

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Lot Essay

Thoth, later identified by the Greeks with Hermes, was the Lord of Time, of writing, knowledge and wisdom. The pesesh-kef was the instrument used for 'opening the mouth' of the mummy prior to the burial to enable him to use this faculty, guaranteed for eternity.

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