A copper alloy statuette of the god Thoth ― depicted as an ibis ― and a devotee.An offering formula is inscribed on the base for the benefit of Padihorsiese, who likely lived at the time of the 26th Dynasty (circa 688-525 BCE). "In Egyptian art, the fact that [deities] are so often made up of human and [/or] animal parts... does not indicate that ancient Egyptians imagined their gods looked like this. These were artistic conventions for showing what could scarcely be imagined, taking elements from the natural world to help picture the ungraspable enormity of the divine."― Riggs, Christina, Egypt: Lost Civilizations, Reaktion Books Ltd, London, England, 2017.This piece (58.125.4a–c), which is 14.6 centimeters in length, is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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