Cartonnage fragment with Taweret (Tauert), the Goddess who protected pregnant woman and infants, as a pregnant hippopotamus, holding an ankh. The brown, red and orange surface secured to the linen base. Five lines of hieroglyphics. Displayed in a shadow box. New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty
1200 - 1085 BC
5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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