Mold for a Taweret Amulet
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Pottery. H. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.3 cm (1/2 in). From: Khor west of camp or E. side of S. Village, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, probably 1911–12. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.
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.
Photograph of a small, oval/bean-shaped molded object with a recessed face-like image or motif in relief on one side.
The object appears to be a compact, hand-sized piece of pottery with a rounded oval outline. One face shows a shallow recessed design: a central figure with surrounding lines that could represent a stylized animal/human or deity-related motif. The surrounding surface is worn and abraded, with patches of lighter and darker gray-brown fabric. No clear painted decoration, glaze, or attachments are visible. The opposite side is not clearly visible in this image. No legible hieroglyphs or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are apparent. Based on the catalogue title, the recessed motif could correspond to a Taweret-related amulet form, but the image does not provide enough clarity to confirm specific iconography beyond an incised/recessed figure-like design.
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.