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| Keywords: Egyptian - Baboon Mummy Coffin - Walters 22245.jpg In the shape of a baboon this coffin now empty contained the mummified animal intended as an offering to the god Thoth Revered for his wisdom Thoth was believed to be the inventor of speech and calculation and was patron of scribes The baboon was one of his sacred incarnations Made separately the front and back of the coffin have four holes for pegs to join them ca 380 30 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman wood cm 36 9 15 4 accession number 22 245 25059 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Thoth baboon Egyptian mummies of monkeys Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi of animals | ||||
