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Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Taueret (goddess of childbirth)
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.

Taueret (goddess of childbirth)

Artist Unknown
CultureEgyptian
DateLate Period, ca. 730-332 B.C.
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Object number71.2217.22
Not on view
DescriptionStatuette of the goddess Tauret: a standing female hippopotamus with hanging breasts, arms and legs of a lion, and the back of a crocodile. Her open mouth shows her sharp teeth. She's leaning on a protective sign, and wears a small modius as a headdress.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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Dynasty 25, ca. 736-333 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
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Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 656-525 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Unknown
Late Period, 730-333 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 736 - 333 B.C.