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Ptolemaic Period
This figure depicts the goddess Taweret. She is a hippopotamus with the breasts and belly of a pregnant woman, the paws of a lion, and a crocodile tail hanging behind her head. Often she holds a protection sign beneath her paws, but in this case it is absent.
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Title: Taweret
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Qau District (?)
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); W. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.); D. 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.887
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