Object Description
A delicate, ancient Egyptian green faience amulet, depicting the goddess Taweret. She is depicted as a hippopotamus, with pendulant breasts and a pregnant belly. Her limbs are those of a feline, most likely a lion, with her arms by her side and her legs planted firmly on a flat, rectangular base. Her long tail at the back of the amulet belongs to a Nile crocodile, decorated with a moulded, chevron pattern. Her facial features have been stylistically moulded, detailing the rounded hippopotamus snout and ears, and tripartite wig on her head. There is a hole vertically through the centre for suspension.
Date: Circa 664-332 BC
Period: Late Period