Taweret amulet


Accession Number
AB11
Current Location
House of Death (ground floor), Amulets case
Object Type
Jewellery, Amulet
Period
Late Period
Dynasty
Twenty-sixth Dynasty
Material
Faience
Provenance
Egypt, Abydos
Number of Elements
1
Animal
Hippopotamus
Divine Name
Taweret
Measurements
Height: 35mm | Width: 10mm | Depth: 12mm

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Description

This standing faience amulet of Taweret has a suspension loop at the top. Taweret was a goddess who took the form of a hippopotamus, and protected women in childbirth. This example is probably from Abydos. The object was gifted to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by John Bancroft Willans, a subscriber of the Egypt Exploration Fund/Society, who received the object in 1903. It was subsequently gifted to the Egypt Centre in 1997.

Last modified: 02 Nov 2020

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