Amulet: Taweret

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.

Small carved stone amulet figure with a seated/standing crouched form and a prominent tail or back element; surface shows worn incisions and a limited central marking resembling an eye or boss.

The image shows a small, roughly triangular/rounded amulet carved from dark grey stone. The figure is in a compact stance: a raised head with a short projecting form above it, a body with a central incised or abraded vertical/diagonal groove, and a large lower extension that could represent a tail or stylized legs/feet. The carving is heavily worn/abraded, making fine facial features and any characteristic Taweret attributes (e.g., clear female torso with leonine legs and hip/tail) indistinct. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or alphabets are visible; only abstract surface grooves and pitting from age/use are present. Overall the object visually reads as an animal/female-divinity-type amulet silhouette, broadly compatible with a Taweret amulet attribution, but specific diagnostic features cannot be confidently confirmed from this photograph alone.