Taweret Amulet
Description
Amulet, Taweret. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. H. 1.7 cm (11/16 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. 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.
Small turquoise-blue faience amulet shaped like a stylized female figure with a raised head and wig-like hair, with three pierced holes through the body.
The object appears to be a compact, molded faience amulet in light turquoise-blue with darker brownish/black areas on the surface. The figure is shown in profile facing right, with a rounded green-tinted head, a prominent nose, and a headdress or hair mass indicated by raised, curving contours over the upper body. The central torso has two to three circular perforations visible: one larger hole near the lower center and additional smaller holes above it (three holes total are clearly visible). The back/left side also shows an additional recessed area or molded relief, but no clear suspension loop is visible beyond the perforations. No legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is present in the photograph.
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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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