Ibis
Location
Era
Late Period (722-332 B.C.E.)
Title
Ibis
Materials
Bronze, wood, linen, plaster, pigments
Dimensions
29.8 x 12 x 27 cm (with base)
Credits
Purchase, gift of F. Cleveland Morgan, inv. 1955.B.1
Collection
Archeology and World Cultures
Of the three species of ibis known in Egypt, the largest is the white or sacred ibis. This bird embodied Thoth, the god of wisdom and knowledge, primarily in Middle Egypt, in the city of Hermopolis.
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