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Amulet of Taweret
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period (about 1069–332 BCE)
- Medium
- Faience
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 4.8 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm (1 7/8 × 1 11/16 × 9/16 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Taweret was a goddess who protected women and children in childbirth. She is depicted here as a hippopotamus with female breasts, swollen belly, and a crocodile tail.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
