# Amulet of Thoth

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
- Medium: Glazed steatite
- Classification: Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions: 4 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm (1 5/8 × 9/16 × 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/140735)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/98a96b1d-524f-2d77-355e-f58a8bd4688a/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Thoth, a god of wisdom and writing, could be shown as an ape or an ibis-headed man. The disk on the ape’s head alluded to his association with the moon.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0