Stamp

Description

Flat bronze stamp in the form of the squatting Thoth with ibis head and moon disk: Ancient Nubian, from Meroe, Sudan, Meroitic Period

Museum reference

A.1911.226.6

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stamp

Date

Meroitic Period

Style / Culture

Ancient Nubian

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; flat

Collection place(s)

Meroe, Upper Nubia, Sudan, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Garstang, John, Prof., 1876 - 1956
Depicted: Thoth

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland