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Single-Strand Necklace with Taweret Amulets

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late Dynasty 18 (probably)

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Brooklyn Museum Object Description
Single strand faience necklace. In center single dark blue glazed Thueris amulet; on each side, separated by groups of ten small, blue and blue-green glazed disk beads, six smaller Thueris amulets in light and dark blue, green and purple (?) glaze. At each end a larger group of the same disk beads. Condition: Glaze on some amulets slightly worn. Otherwise intact.

In Egyptian art, one symbol could represent both a trait and its opposite. The hippopotamus could represent great danger and chaos or, alternatively, fertility and protection in childbirth. The statuette of a male hippopotamus could represent the god Seth, who embodied danger, chaos, and disorder in the world. Yet the rare limestone statuette of hippopotami mating perhaps served as a ...

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Title

Single-Strand Necklace with Taweret Amulets

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Worktype

Jewelry

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Material

Faience

Dimensions

3/4 x 8 1/16 x 3/16 in. (1.9 x 20.5 x 0.4 cm)

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Date

late Dynasty 18 (probably)

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, Apr 01, 1948

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Creative Commons-BY

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Location

Thebes, Malkata, Egypt

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