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Ceramics
The Goddess Taweret
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
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Faience
Faience
1069 BCE - 332 BCE
1069 BCE
332 BCE
1000 BCE - 500 CE, Egyptian, female figures, from Rochester collections, Taweret
Ceramics
1928.156
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
28.156SL1
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2 x 2
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28.156DI1
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25.156DI#2
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Front
10/30/2009
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25.156DI#3
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Side
10/30/2009
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Side
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Ceramics
Amulet of the Goddess Taweret
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
1 7/16 x 11/16 x 1/2 in. (3.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm)
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Faience
Faience
664 BCE - 332 BCE
664 BCE
332 BCE
E5745
Taweret
Ceramics
Amulets are small objects that represent gods, goddesses, and symbols of rebirth. Made of bronze, clay, or stone, they offered the wearer sacred protection both in the world of the living and in the afterlife. Ancient Egyptians wore amulets as jewelry
during life; priests would also place amulets within the wrappings of a mummy as they prepared it for burial. Certain amulets were placed in specific locations on the mummy, such as over the heart, the throat, or the incision on the abdomen.
Taweret, shown as a pregnant hippopotamus, was a domestic rather than funerary goddess. Women wore amulets of Taweret to protect them during childbirth.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
17.2003L
item
Memorial Art Gallery
6/16/2003
17.2003LDI1
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