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Title: Statue of a scribe with a baboon Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside Period Date: ca. 1295–1070 BCE Medium: Granodiorite Dimensions: H. 22.3 × W. 13.2 × D. 15 cm, 5.4 kg (8 3/4 × 5 3/16 × 5 7/8 in., 12 lb.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1929 Object No.: 29.2.16 While Thoth’s ibis-headed form is often depicted writing with a pen and palette, his baboon form, which gained prominence in late Dynasty 18 and the Ramesside Period, is particularly closely associated with scribes. The motif of the baboon and scribe symbolizes divine protection and the god’s watchful eye over one’s work. Thoth also records the passage of time, and as such the baboon appears on water clocks and other measuring instruments. See Also: Water clock decorated with a baboon The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.194.2341) Figurine of a baboon on a basket and with a pillar (shebet offering, possibly a symbolic water clock) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1910 (10.176.45) Figurine of a baboon The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift (26.7.874) Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Statue of a scribe with a baboon Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside Period Date: ca. 1295–1070 BCE Medium: Granodiorite Dimensions: H. 22.3 × W. 13.2 × D. 15 cm, 5.4 kg (8 3/4 × 5 3/16 × 5 7/8 in., 12 lb.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1929 Object No.: 29.2.16 While Thoth’s ibis-headed form is often depicted writing with a pen and palette, his baboon form, which gained prominence in late Dynasty 18 and the Ramesside Period, is particularly closely associated with scribes. The motif of the baboon and scribe symbolizes divine protection and the god’s watchful eye over one’s work. Thoth also records the passage of time, and as such the baboon appears on water clocks and other measuring instruments. See Also: Water clock decorated with a baboon The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.194.2341) Figurine of a baboon on a basket and with a pillar (shebet offering, possibly a symbolic water clock) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1910 (10.176.45) Figurine of a baboon The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift (26.7.874) Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects