Editing Thoth (section)

==Depictions==
[[File:Abydos Tempelrelief Sethos I. 19.JPG|thumb|Relief in the [[Temple of Seti I (Abydos)]] of Thoth giving the [[ankh]] to pharaoh [[Seti I]].]]
[[File:Thoth as baboo E17496.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Faience statue of Thoth as baboon depicted with the moon-disk on his head.]]
Thoth has been depicted in many ways depending on the era and on the aspect the artist wished to convey. Usually, he is depicted in his human form with the head of a green [[African sacred ibis|ibis]].{{sfnp|Budge|1969|p=401}} In this form, he can be represented as the reckoner of times and seasons by a [[headdress]] of the lunar disk sitting on top of a crescent moon resting on his head. When depicted as a form of [[Shu (Egyptian god)|Shu]] or Ankher, he was depicted to be wearing the respective god's headdress. Sometimes he was also seen in art to be wearing the [[Atef]] crown or the [[Pschent|double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt]].{{sfnp|Budge|1969|p=402}} When not depicted in this common form, he sometimes takes the form of the ibis directly.{{sfnp|Budge|1969|p=401}}

He also appears as a dog-faced [[baboon]] or a man with the head of a baboon when he is A'an, the god of [[wikt:equilibrium|equilibrium]].{{sfnp|Budge|1969|p=403}} In the form of A'ah-Djehuty, he took a more human-looking form.{{sfnp|Budge|1969|loc=plate between pp. 408–409}} These forms are all [[symbol]]ic and are [[metaphor]]s for Thoth's attributes.  Thoth is often depicted holding an [[ankh]], the Egyptian symbol for life.