Plaque amulets for the goddess with hippopotamus body in the Old to the Middle Kingdom

Győry, Hedvig (2025) Plaque amulets for the goddess with hippopotamus body in the Old to the Middle Kingdom. In: Aegyptus et Pannonia IX. Magyar-Egyiptomi Baráti Társaság, Ókori Egyiptomi Bizottság, Budapest, pp. 107-162. ISBN 9786156571045; 9786156571052

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Abstract

The well-known image of the goddess Taweret/Thoeris is the result of a long development process. The first phase began during the 6th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. In the first half of the 20th century, Guy Brunton and his team conducted extensive excavations in the Qau-Matmar region, uncovering large quantities of amulets in burial assemblages from various periods. They created a comprehensive typological system to catalogue and publish these artefacts. In this article, I further refine the Taweret class (no. 21) and compare the Qau-Matmar region pieces with some amulets from other regions. I analyse the typological forms and their connections to each other, as well as their temporal and geographical distribution within funeral assemblages. By presenting new facts and possibilities, I hope to further our understanding of the early worship of the goddess. First the article discusses the new typological system of Taweret amulets from the early period, within the chronological framework provided by Seidlmayer, Wiese, Quirke and Dubiel for the 6th to early 12 th Dynasties. I then present my conclusions, drawn from these Taweret plaque amulets.

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