This small [gold](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=161) statuette represents [Thoth](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=376), the [scribe](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=332)\-[god](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=160), shown with a human body and the head of an ibis. On top of his tripartite wig are the lunar disc and crescent. Behind his head is a small ring with the aid of which the statuette could be strung to a collar as an [amulet](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=61). The pendent was made in a mould using the lost-wax process.

|Present location|KMKG - MRAH \[07/003\] [BRUSSELS](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=95)|
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|Inventory number|E.8059|
|Dating|[LATE PERIOD](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=217)|
|Archaeological Site|UNKNOWN|
|Category|UNSPECIFIED JEWELLERY|
|Material|[GOLD](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=161)|
|Technique|CASTING; PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL|
|Height|3.5 cm|
|Width|0.8 cm|
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# Bibliography

* Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis. Aanwinsten 1964- 1973 - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire. Acquisitions 1964 - 1973, Bruxelles 1974, n° 4
* F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 228

Gold pendent