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<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.637_threequarter_PS9.jpg)
Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.637_threequarter_PS9.jpg)
<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.637_threequarter_PS9.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.637_threequarter_PS9.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view01.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view01.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegA_bw.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegA_bw.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view02.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view02.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view03.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view03.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view04.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.637_view04.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegB_bw.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegB_bw.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegC_bw.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegC_bw.jpg)

<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegD_bw.jpg)

Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.637_NegD_bw.jpg)

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Taweret Figure

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone
PERIOD Late Period (possibly)
DIMENSIONS 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.637
CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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CAPTION Taweret Figure. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.637_threequarter_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE 3/4, 16.637_threequarter_PS9.jpg., 2018
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<em>Taweret Figure</em>. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (11.4 × 3.8 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.637. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.637_threequarter_PS9.jpg)

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Conventional Form
Crocodile Tail
Deity
Female
Goddess
Hippopotamus Head
Limestone
S Sign
Standing
Statuette
Thueris

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Crocodile Tail
Deity
Female
Goddess
Hippopotamus Head
Limestone
S Sign
Standing
Statuette
Thueris
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