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Khepri and Thoth

Reproduction of a relief panel dating to 400–200 BC.

Khepri and Thoth

It depicts two baboons offering Wadjet eyes to the god Khepri, the newborn sun represented by a beetle. In his front legs, Khepri holds a disk with a star, which is the sign for the Duat or Underworld, and beneath him, there is a sun with rays. The baboons are similar to the baboons often shown heralding the sunrise by dancing and screeching, but here they are associated with the god Thoth by the Wadjet (eye) signs they hold.

Reproduction Details

Object Type

Date

Findspot

Current Location

People Depicted

Deities Depicted

Art Ref

Wall Relief

Dynasty 30

Unprovenanced

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Khepri

DP041

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