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Source Description

This pendant of Taweret is broken at the legs. Taweret was standing with both hands pressed to her sides and holding the hieroglyph for "protection."

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Document identity
localId
12482
label
Taweret
core
obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
id
12482
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Taweret
description
This pendant of Taweret is broken at the legs. Taweret was standing with both hands pressed to her sides and holding the hieroglyph for "protection."
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
pendants
figurine
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4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.4
height
0.6
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 15/16 x W: 1/4 x D: 1/4 in. (2.38 x 0.58 x 0.64 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
30th Dynasty-Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
lapis lazuli
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
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