Diorite bottle in the form of Taweret-Sekhmet-Sobek: E.GA.4573.1943

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Diorite bottle in the form of Taweret-Sekhmet-Sobek

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Bottle

Description

Scent bottle, in form of Taweret-Sekhmet-Sobek composite deity. The bottle exhibits the pregnant hippo form of Taweret with an incised beard under the chin representing the leonine goddess, Sekhmet. The god Sobek is represented as a crocodile on the back of the hippo.

Find spot

Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major

Dating

Circa -500 BCE - Circa -201 BCE

Materials used in production

stone Diorite

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4573.1943
Primary reference Number: 59024
Oldadmincategory: S
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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