Ibis with maat feather

Unknown

664–30 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

This small amulet of a crouching ibis with a maat feather beneath his beak may serve as a funerary amulet: Thoth was the recorder at the Weighing of the Heart in the Afterworld when the heart of the deceased was balanced against the feather of Maat.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926