Statuette of a hippo goddess, probably Taweret
Description
Statuette of Taweret. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BCE. Glassy faience. H. 11 × W. 3.3 × D. 4.8 cm (4 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 7/8 in). From: Egypt. Subject: Taweret, Hippos, Goddess. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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 turquoise-blue small hippo-shaped female standing figure, holding/standing on a base, shown in a typical hippo-goddess style.
The object appears as a compact turquoise-blue/blue-green faience statuette with the head and facial features of a hippopotamus and a human-like female body. The figure stands upright on a rectangular base. One hand/arm is positioned across the torso while the other hand holds an object that is difficult to identify precisely from the image (it resembles a small block or implement). The figure’s head has a short muzzle with visible nostrils and a slightly open mouth; a headdress or ribbed/curving element rises from the back/top of the head. Body modeling includes the legs and hips in a seated/standing posture; details on the base are visible but not legible. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the photograph. The image does not show any royal cartouches or names.
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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).
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