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Description: | Amulets were pieces of jewellery worn by both the living and the dead as charms or as protection against evil. This amulet is made from green glaze. It was found at Thebes in Upper Egypt and dates to the 26th-30th Dynasties (about 664-332 BC). It is carved in the shape of the god Tehuti. Tehuti is another name for Thoth who was the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom, knowledge and writing. He is often portrayed with the head of an ibis, or in the form of a baboon. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | archaeology egyptian | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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