Amulet depicting the goddess Taweret

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Amulet depicting the goddess Taweret
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Datec. 1550-323 BCE
MediumFaience
DimensionsOverall: 15/16 × 3/16 × 3/8 in. (2.4 × 0.5 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of William C. Winslow, Class of 1862
Object number1943.173
Not on view
DescriptionAmulets portraying deities, animals, objects, and symbols served protective purposes for both the living and the dead. Many were worn on necklaces and rings to transfer positive properties directly to their wearers. Amulets of the fertility deity Taweret were frequently worn by women for protection during pregnancy and childbirth. Taweret, the goddess of women and children, is often represented with the head and body of a hippopotamus and the tail of a crocodile, and wearing a tripartite wig. (Written by Kayley Boddy '22) Amulet of Hippopotamus Goddess Taweret (alternatively Taurt, Taueret).
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Amulet depicting the goddess Taweret
Date: c. 1550-323 BCE
Medium: Faience
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Date: c. 1550-30 BCE
Medium: Faience
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Image Not Available for Amulet depicting the god Bes
Amulet depicting the god Bes
Date: c. 1550-30 BCE
Medium: Faience
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Amulet depicting the god Bes
Date: c. 1550-30 BCE
Medium: Faience
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Date: c. 1550-30 BCE
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.170
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Date: date unknown
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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at H…
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.24
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at H…
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.21
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at H…
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Faience
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Glazed composition
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Date: date unkown
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood with remnants of paint
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