The ibis was the sacred bird of the god Thoth, responsible for wisdom, writing, and knowledge. In ancient Egypt, ibises were seen as the manifestation of the god. The ibis sits with its tail feathers touching the ground. The tenon at the back of its legs was once inserted into a separately fashioned base. Bronze ibis statuettes were popular gifts to the god in the 1st millennium BCE. Ibis statuettes were deposited in catacombs along with ibis mummies and in temples or shrines to Thoth.1
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Such as the South Ibis Complex and Catacombs in Saqqara; Martin, Geoffrey T. 1981. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: The Southern Dependencies of the Main Temple Complex. London: Egypt Exploration Society.. ↩︎
Bibliography
- Martin 1981
- Martin, Geoffrey T. 1981. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: The Southern Dependencies of the Main Temple Complex. London: Egypt Exploration Society.