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Amulet: standing male figure (possibly Thoth)

Egyptian, 3000 BCE - 395 CE

y1961-160

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Title

Medium

Faience

Dimensions

7.6 x 1.7 x 5.4 cm (3 x 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward Sampson, Class of 1914, for the Alden Sampson Collection

Object Number

y1961-160

Culture

Egyptian (ancient)

Type

amulets, religious objects

Materials

faience

Subject

mythology, men, deities, figures (representations)

Given to the Museum by Edward Sampson

"Recent acquisitions", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 21, no. 1 (1962): p. 25-27, p. 26

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Egyptian (3000 BCE - 395 CE), Amulet: standing male figure (possibly Thoth). Faience; 7.6 x 1.7 x 5.4 cm. Gift of Edward Sampson, Class of 1914, for the Alden Sampson Collection (y1961-160)

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