Taweret Amulet
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
First Millennium BCE or later (1000 BCE-1 CE)
Faience
Overall: 1 1/4 × 7/16 in. (3.2 × 1.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
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Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Amulet
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Found in the collection and catalogued, November 1978.
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