Thoth Amulet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); W. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); D. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.), Amulets often represent deities in order to invoke their protection and specific powers. Such amulets wer