Taweret amulet
Description
Amulet, Taweret. Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 8–11, ca. 2110–2030 B.C. Ivory. From: Egypt. Subject: Taweret. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1965.
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, carved amulet shaped like a stylized hippopotamus/tauret figure, shown in profile against a dark background.
The object appears as a single-piece carved amulet with a rounded, thick body and a projecting snout/leg-like extension, resembling the common Taweret (hypopotamus) protective amulet form. The surface is smooth and slightly worn, with no clearly legible internal inscriptions or hieroglyphs visible in the photograph. The material finish looks pale/light, consistent with ivory as given by the catalogue, though the image resolution does not allow definitive material verification. No cartouches or royal names are present. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
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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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