Amulet of Thoth as a baboon
700–600 B.C.
FindspotMeroe, Sudan (Nubia)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsOverall: 3 x 1.3 x 1.5 cm (1 3/16 x 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.349
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W 716. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
Naqada IIc–d2 (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
404–353 B.C.
1894–1595 B.C.
before 4300 B.C.
A.D. 226–651
A.D. 226–651
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
625–539 B.C.