Taweret amulet
Description
Amulet, Taweret. Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD. Mosaic glass. l. 2.1 × w. 1.4 cm (13/16 × 9/16 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.
Small Egyptian amulet fragment shown against a light background, with a stylized animal-form figure in multicolored mosaic-like glass segments.
The object is a compact, irregularly shaped amulet fragment with a dark outline and internal polychrome decoration. The surface appears made of small tessellated glass pieces (mosaic-like), producing areas of black/dark, yellow/tan, and possibly reddish-brown color. The form suggests a stylized “hippo/mammal” silhouette consistent with the general type of Taweret amulet iconography, but key diagnostic elements are partially worn or obscured, preventing a fully confident identification of the specific deity figure. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions are visible on the photographed portion. No royal names or cartouches are present.
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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