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Source Description
Taweret, meaning "the Great" (Greek version: Thoeris), is the name of a goddess who is depicted as a standing upright pregnant hippopotamus with a crocodile back and tail, lion paws, and in most cases human arms. Taweret is a protective deity, particularly connected to pregnancy and birth. Amulets in the shape of Taweret became popular in the Third Intermediate period. This figure is large for an amulet and displays the goddess wearing a long wig and modius (calathos) with uraei (cobra serpents) on her head. While the standard posture of Taweret is with her arms hanging down beside her body, this figure shows her right arm resting on her belly. And the glaze is almost gone. It is very difficult to read what the original color of the glaze was.
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Document identity
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37415
label
Vessel in the Form of Taweret
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Source metadata
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37415
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object
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normalized
title
Vessel in the Form of Taweret
description
Taweret, meaning "the Great" (Greek version: Thoeris), is the name of a goddess who is depicted as a standing upright pregnant hippopotamus with a crocodile back and tail, lion paws, and in most cases human arms. Taweret is a protective deity, particularly connected to pregnancy and birth. Amulets in the shape of Taweret became popular in the Third Intermediate period. This figure is large for an amulet and displays the goddess wearing a long wig and modius (calathos) with uraei (cobra serpents) on her head. While the standard posture of Taweret is with her arms hanging down beside her body, this figure shows her right arm resting on her belly. And the glaze is almost gone. It is very difficult to read what the original color of the glaze was.
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 4th-3rd century BCE (early Ptolemaic Period)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
statuettes (statues)
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5
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5
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.3
height
4.3
depth
4.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 5/8 x W: 1 11/16 x D: 1 5/8 in. (14.27 x 4.26 x 4.13 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
early Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience with glaze
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6182
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EGY
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3193
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