1980.17: Figurine of Birth Goddess Taweret Holding an Ankh (Sign of Life)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1980.17
- Title
- Figurine of Birth Goddess Taweret Holding an Ankh (Sign of Life)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- c. 900 BCE or later
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288928
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (2 7/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney
- Accession Year
- 1980
- Object Number
- 1980.17
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This carefully modelled statuette of the hippopatamus goddess, Taweret (in Greek: Thoeris), is cut off at the thighs. She holds the Ankh symbol with both hands in front of her beneath her belly. The tripartite wig falls on sagging breasts, and ends in a crocodile tail in back. The tail is mostly missing.
Verification Level
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