Water Clock Decorated with a Baboon

Unknown

664–30 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

This piece is considered to be a model of a water clock. Water within could drain from a hole between the baboons legs over a measured time. This object was likely a temple offering to the god Thoth in his role as overseer of knowledge and measurement.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917