Amulet: Taweret
Description
Amulet, Taweret. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. H. 1.3 cm (1/2 in). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12. 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 turquoise-blue faience amulet depicting a standing female figure wearing distinctive headgear, likely a protective fertility/woman-related deity.
The object is a compact, vertically oriented amulet with a rounded back and molded front. A female form is suggested by a human torso and legs; the figure’s head has a blocky, two-lobed or plaited-looking headdress or wig. The arms are brought inward toward the body, and the surface shows modeled details consistent with an iconographic depiction (though much is worn and abraded). The amulet is weathered with loss of surface glaze and patches of lighter substrate visible. No clear cartouche or readable inscription is visible. No separate attachments (e.g., suspension loop) are clearly identifiable from this view. Overall appearance and material color match a turquoise faience amulet form.
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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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