EGYPTIAN FAIENCE TAWERET AMULET Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A faience amulet representing the goddess Taweret in typical hippopotamus form, shown standing upright with a prominent swollen belly, pendant arms, and leonine paws. The head combines hippopotamus features with a projecting snout and rounded ears. A suspension loop is present at the top, and a vertical dorsal ridge runs down the back. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4485 (type). Size: 40mm x 11mm; Weight: 4g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1970s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.