Taweret amulet
Description
Amulet, Taweret. Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD. Mosaic glass. l. 2.7 × w. 1.3 cm (1 1/16 × 1/2 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Taweret. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small black mosaic-glass amulet shaped like a standing hippopotamus-like figure, associated with the protective deity Taweret.
The object is photographed against a plain light background. It is a compact, thick amulet with a dark (black) body decorated with lighter inlays that form scattered rounded spots and yellow/orange accent points on the head. The figure appears elongated and upright with a stylized snout/muzzle and small rounded ear or head projection; the body shows irregular white/cream speckling consistent with mosaic-glass inlay. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the surface. The style and form are consistent with an amulet intended to represent Taweret (hippopotamus goddess), though the fine diagnostic details are partially stylized and limited by the small scale.
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