Amulet: Taweret
Description
Amulet, Taweret. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience, blue. H. 1.8 cm (11/16 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Taweret. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
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.
Blue faience Egyptian amulet shaped as a standing female figure, likely representing Taweret, shown in profile with raised arms and a stylized body form.
The object is a small, irregularly worn amulet made of blue-green faience. It depicts a standing, human-like figure in left-facing profile with a simplified head/upper body and a long torso. The arms appear raised in front of the chest/face area, and there are incised or painted-style decorative marks on the torso suggesting schematic anatomy or protective iconography. The surface is weathered with light pitting and loss of fine detail; some darker brownish/black pigment traces remain in recessed areas. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the photographed surface. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
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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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