Taweret statuette
Description
Statuette, Taweret. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, early, ca. 1950–1900 B.C. Faience, paint. H. 8.1 × W. 3 × D. 3.1 cm (3 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 1/4 in.). From: tomb west of the tomb of Senwosretankh, Pit 3, Burial of Hepy, in front of blocking wall, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1933–34. Subject: Taweret. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1934.
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 seated/standing animal-headed female figurine with bovine/cow-like traits and a wadjet-like tail motif, shown in three-quarter view with traces of turquoise/green paint on the torso area.
The object appears as a compact statuette of a supernatural female deity or protective figure. The figure has a rounded head with prominent facial features and what look like small horns/ears or cow-like head attributes. The body is slender with human-like arms held close; one hand appears near the chest while the other is down along the side. The torso bears the clearest remaining paint: a turquoise/green (faience-like) coating concentrated on the midsection, with additional darker pigments around edges and areas of wear. The rear/side body surfaces show more light-colored backing with minimal remaining decoration. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the image, and no explicit royal name is discernible. Overall condition is fair to poor due to flaking/chipping and extensive loss of color/paint, though the main form is intact enough to identify it as a deity statuette of the general type catalogued as Taweret.
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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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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