Tawaret, Goddess of Childbirth

371, Lot: 1057. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

New Kingdom. Circa 1550-1070 BC. Steatite scaraboid (18x10mm). Lentoid shaped back with incised border. Face depicts Taweret (Tuart), the hippo-headed goddess who protects women in childbirth. Chipped. Pierced.

From the Carl Devries Collection.