Taweret amulet with double head

Taweret amulet with double head

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Double-headed amulets of the domestic goddess Taweret are rare forms and date to the 18th dynasty,. Amarna is among the known findspots for these, although this particular example is without provenance.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.