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Rare Antique Ancient Egyptian Goddess Taweret Statue Authenticity Certificate
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Goddess Taweret: A statue of God Taweret; the most widely venerated gods in ancient Egypt, known as "the protective goddess for childbirth, pregnant women and fertility", usually depicted in the form of a female hippopotamus standing with lion legs and crocodile tail.
This piece would be a precious gift for your loved ones, as it was crafted by Egyptian hands to be an authentic replica of the original artifact piece, and it comes with an authorized/documented certificate from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to ensure its quality and authenticity.
This piece would be a precious gift for your loved ones, as it was crafted by Egyptian hands to be an authentic replica of the original artifact piece, and it comes with an authorized/documented certificate from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities to ensure its quality and authenticity.
In fact Taweret was one of ancient Egypt’s most popular and appealing deities, and her image was a common decorative motif on household furniture and textiles. Known as ‘The Great One', she seems to have been primarily a goddess of the home. There were no large-scale temples dedicated to Taweret, no official state cult. This small wooden image might once have stood on a household altar beside other domestic gods and goddesses.
Unlike many Egyptian deities, who might take on the head of an animal but generally retain their human form, Taweret is almost all beast. Her hair, always parted as here into three 'lappets', is that of a woman, but only her arms and drooping, postnatal breasts resemble human members. Her legs belong to a lion, her head and body are those of a hippopotamus and the tail of a crocodile trails behind her.
Taweret was chiefly known as a protector of pregnant women and young children: the three beasts of which she is composed were notorious for the ferocity with which they protected their young. As an inhabitant of the Nile, whose yearly inundation was central to the Egyptian economy, the hippopotamus was associated in particular with fertility.
Though it is not preserved in this statue, Taweret, along with most other goddesses at this time, usually wore the crown associated with the goddess Hathor, another powerful maternal Egyptian deity. Amulets bearing Taweret’s image were worn by expectant mothers, and by children as protection from snakes and crocodiles. In Egyptian mythology it was Taweret who held down the evil god Seth, while his nephew Horus killed him.
As a goddess of childbirth, Taweret was also revered as a protector of sun at its rising and she played a role in the rebirth of the dead. More generally, her formidable appearance was believed to frighten away evil spirits.
- Weight: 3 Kilogram
- Material: Polyester
- Colouring: Colourful
- Dimensions: Height of 32 cm, width of 9 cm
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