Taweret amulet
Description
Amulet, Taweret. Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD. Mosaic glass. l. 2.2 × w. 1.3 cm (7/8 × 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.
Small dark glass amulet shaped like a bent/standing hippo, decorated with multicolored mosaic-glass inlay.
The image shows a compact, pendant-sized amulet with a dark body and bright polychrome mosaic inlay (yellow, white, and red/orange) forming scattered patterning across the surface. The form appears roughly animal-like, with a protruding head and curved body; the tail/legs and finer details are too small or worn to confirm precisely. No clear hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible. The piece is photographed against a plain light background; edges show small chips and wear consistent with a small glass object.
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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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