EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF TAWERET

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Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. A faience amulet of Taweret standing upright on a small rectangular base. She has the head of a hippopotamus and a human-shaped body with a pregnant belly and pendulous breasts, the arms held along the sides and the legs terminating in leonine paws. A ridged crocodile tail runs down the back. A suspension loop at shoulder height. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 04.2.365. Size: 49mm x 19mm; Weight: 8.12g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly with H. Smeets collection, Netherlands, late 1980s.

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