Baboon of the God Thoth
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Baboon of the God Thoth
This statue of the baboon of Thoth, represents the deity seated with all the details of the face, the mane, and the hair covering the upper part of the body while leaving the fingers visible. The statue is adorned with a broad pectoral hanging from his neck, decorated with the solar bark containing the sun disk. According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, Thoth in his personification as a baboon, was supposed to be the first to greet the rising sun in the early morning. Thoth was the god of wisdom and learning and was represented either as an ibis or as a baboon. He was also the god who invented script and writing and was the patron deity of scribes. In spell number 125 of the Book of the Dead, Thoth acted as the scribe of court of Justice presided over by Osiris. He was the one who wrote the protocol of the process of judging the deceased in the afterlife, and who announced the verdict. Thoth was also in charge of healing, as he was the owner of the magical secret scrolls. His main cult centers were at Hermopolis in Middle Egypt, and at Saqqara, where pious people brought offerings and presented statues and mummies of ibises and baboons. | ||
Dimensions: Width 43 cm Length 40 cm Height 59 cm |
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