martes, 14 de junio de 2022

painted material

This piece of painted material, which probably dates from the Greaco-Roman Period, represents an ibis, sacred animal of the god Thoth, wearing a lunar disk. The beak, the head, the outline of the body and the legs are painted in black; the feathers are white. The picture has a blue black frame.
Inventory number E.5114
KMKG - MRAH
GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD ?
Van dieren en mensen. Getuigenissen uit Prehistorie en Oudheid - Des animaux et des hommes. Témoignages de la Préhistoire et de l'Antiquité (Exposition), Bruxelles 1988, 178 nº 178
La tierra del toro apis. Dioses, Reyes y Hombres del Egipto Faraonica (Exposition), Pamplona 1997, 100