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Amulet: Figure of Taweret

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Description

Amulet, Taweret. Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–332 B.C. Faience, blue. H. 4.6 × W. 1.4 × D. 1.9 cm (1 13/16 × 9/16 × 3/4 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904.

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 glazed faience amulet in the form of a standing female deity figure with a broad wig/hat and a belt-like garment.

The object is photographed front-on against a neutral background. It shows a human-like female figure standing upright on a rectangular base. The head has a rounded headdress/wig and a defined facial area, with arms held down at the sides; the hands appear close to the body. The torso and skirt are modeled in relief with incised/raised details suggesting a patterned garment or belt around the waist and a lower skirt area. The surface is glazed in a pale blue-green/blue tone, consistent with a faience amulet. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the figure or base at this resolution.

religious Late Period (as catalogued) good
Deities Taweret
Materials faienceglazeblue/blue-green ceramic

Connections

Deities Taweret
Materials FaienceGlaze

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413911 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 04.2.366 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545345 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
  • 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.