Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Taweret statuette
Description
Faience, paint
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A faience statuette depicting a hippopotamus figure associated with protection.
The artifact is a small faience statuette of a hippopotamus, symbolizing protection and associated with the deity Taweret. It features a rounded body, short limbs, and a prominent snout, with turquoise glaze partially visible. This kind of artifact was often kept in households for protection and health, especially for pregnant women.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Taweret
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281298 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 34.1.127 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546437 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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