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Statuette of Taweret

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Ahmose I–Amenhotep I, ca. 1550–1504 B.C. Limestone, paint. h. 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in); w. 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in); d. 7.6 cm (3 in). From: Tomb CC 51, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1912. Subject: Taweret. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 560727). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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 painted limestone female statuette standing frontally with one arm bent across the body and the other hand holding an indistinct object, wearing a tall, striated wig or headdress.

The image shows a seated/standing-in-place (on a rectangular base) female figure carved in the round, with a smooth, rounded torso and a long garment shape down to the feet. The head is covered by a tall, textured wig/headdress with vertical striations. The figure’s face has a calm expression with defined eyes and a straight nose. One arm is raised and bent inward across the chest; the hand appears to hold a small item that is not clearly identifiable at this resolution. The other arm hangs closer to the body. The base is rectangular with a band of incised decoration/hieroglyph-like marks on the front face; the individual signs are not legible enough to confidently identify specific words or readings. Traces of surface color/pigment are visible on the body, consistent with a painted object. No cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are clearly visible in the provided image.

religious New Kingdom (per catalogue); specific sub-period unclear from image alone good
Deities Taweret
Materials limestone (stone body and base)paint (surface pigment traces)
Signs incised hieroglyph-like decoration on front of base (unreadable) ×6
Visible text "Unclear/incipherable incised signs on the front of the rectangular base; no legible full text excerpt available."

Connections

Found at Asasif
Deities Taweret

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276329 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.1404 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 560727 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83892656 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.