Taweret Amulet
Description
Amulet, Taweret. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. H. 1.5 cm (9/16 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.
A small blue-green faience amulet shaped like a seated figure with exaggerated female/hip forms, consistent in silhouette with the Taweret (often depicted as a pregnant hippopotamus) style.
The object is a compact, upright amulet with a mottled turquoise-blue surface and worn details. The overall form is roughly human/hippo-like in outline: a rounded upper mass (head/torso area) rises to a narrow top, while the midsection widens with prominent hips and a thick lower body. The front face shows no clearly legible hieroglyphs; instead, the relief appears as modeling for the amulet figure. Minor speckling and abrasions are visible, and a darker area suggests surface wear or loss at mid-body. No cartouches or inscriptions are visible on the photographed faces. 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).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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