gold pendent

Gold pendent

This small gold statuette represents Thoth, the scribe-god, shown with a human body and the head of an ibis. On top of his tripartite wig are the lunar disc and crescent. Behind his head is a small ring with the aid of which the statuette could be strung to a collar as an amulet. The pendent was made in a mould using the lost-wax process.

Present location KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number E.8059

Dating LATE PERIOD

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category UNSPECIFIED JEWELLERY

Material GOLD

Technique CASTING; PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL

Height 3.5 cm

Width 0.8 cm

Bibliography•Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis. Aanwinsten 1964- 1973 - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire. Acquisitions 1964 - 1973, Bruxelles 1974, n° 4

•F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 228

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