Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Amulet of the Goddess Taweret

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Description

Caption: Amulet of the Goddess Taweret, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.. Gold, 3/4 x 5/16 x 1/16in. (1.9 x 0.8 x 0.2cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.707E.

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 museum display shows several small Egyptian-style metal amulets on a glass/plinth under spot lighting.

In the photograph, the main focus is a glass case containing multiple small objects. At right, a taller composite figure-like amulet/pendant with a dark greenish surface and remnants of colored inlays appears mounted on a thin metal support. Near the lower center are three smaller amulet-like pieces: one gold-colored figure/standing form, one green-blue inlaid cylindrical/segment-like piece, and a small reddish-gold miniature figure. The background also includes another circular/winged or beaded-like fragment with blue/green coloring at upper left. No clear individual hieroglyphs or a legible inscription are visible at this resolution; only blurred text-like lines appear on the label/placard behind the objects, which are not readable. The catalogued object is an “Amulet of the Goddess Taweret” (New Kingdom, Saqqara, gold), but the image does not provide enough detail to confirm Taweret specifically (no clearly identifiable Taweret-form features are distinguishable). Visible materials appear to include gold-colored metal, and possibly green-blue/green inlays or oxidized copper-alloy surfaces; the exact material composition (e.g., gold) for each piece is not fully confirmable from the photo alone. Condition appears mixed: the objects look worn and partially damaged, with corrosion/oxidation and missing/uncertain details.

decorative New Kingdom (per catalogue; image not sufficient for independent verification) good
Deities Taweret (unclear in image; not confidently identifiable)
Materials gold-colored metal (for at least one small amulet)green-blue/green inlay or oxidized surface (unclear)dark greenish metal/oxidation (right object)

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Deities Taweret

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.707E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 4083 tier-2
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.