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ID: 700000531 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000531 | Record Type: Movable Work |
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Striding Thoth (sculpture (visual works); unknown Ancient Egyptian; 332–330 BCE; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 26.7.860; ) | |
Note: Thoth, the god of writing, accounting and all things intellectual, was associated with two animals: the ibis and the baboon. His images either show him represented by these animals or they combine a human body with an ibis head as in this piece of shiny blue faience. | |
Titles: |
Striding Thoth (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: 332–330 BCE |
unknown Ancient Egyptian [preferred,VP] |
sculptor unknown Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian cultural designation) [500202838] |
Locations: |
Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: 26.7.860 |
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 |
Other: Creation: Egypt [7014986] Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: faience |
faience (ancient objects) [300265177] | |
.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) |
Dimensions: H. 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); W. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.); D. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.) |
Ancient Egyptian (preferred) |
Ptolemaic [300020432] (preferred,N/A) | |
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Egyptian (ancient)) |
religion and mythology (preferred) |
Thoth [901000159] | |
.....((Egyptian characters, Egyptian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Provenance: Formerly Carnarvon Collection, purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, 1926. Previously purchased by Lord Carnarvon at the Macgregor sale, Sotheby's London, 1922. |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Striding Thoth | ........ [VP] |
........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 22 May 2012 | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 9 March 2018 | |
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