Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 0.22 grams, 12.94 mm. New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. A pale green amulet depicting the sacred baboon with full-moon headdress. The baboon was the herald of the sunrise, and a physical form of the god Thoth. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, plate 24(c). Fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.