Ibis with maat feather, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, L. 1.9 × W. 0.7 × H. 1.4 cm (3/4 × 1/4 × 9/16 in.), 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
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Ibis, maat feather, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Faience, L, 1.9, W, 0.7, H, 1.4 cm, 3/4, 1/4, 9/16, small, amulet, crouching ibis, beneath, beak, serve, funerary amulet, Thoth, recorder, Weighing, Heart, Afterworld, heart, deceased, balanced, feather, Maat
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