Taweret

Unknown

332–30 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

332–30 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926