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Fijn gevormd faience figuurtje van de godin van de geboorte, Taweret, wier monsterachtige vorm van een gecombineerde krokodil, nijlpaard en leeuw bedoeld was om elk kwaad dat de kwetsbare moeder en kind kon deren, af te weren. Dergelijke figuurtjes werden gemeengoed in de Late Periode, na 700 voor Christus.

Finely moulded faience figurine of the goddess of childbirth, Taweret, whose monstrous form combining crocodile, hippopotamus and lion was intended to fend off any evil that might befall the vulnerable mother and child. Such figurines become common in the Late Period, after 700 BC.

Fein geformtes Fayencefigürchen der Geburtsgöttin Taweret, deren monströse Gestalt, die Krokodil, Nilpferd und Löwe verbindet, jegliches Übel abwehren sollte, das die verwundbare Mutter und ihr Kind treffen könnte. Solche Figürchen wurden in der Spätzeit, nach 700 v. Chr. häufig.

Figurina in faience rozzamente modellata della dea del parto, Tauret, la cui forma mostruosa che comprende il coccodrillo, l'ippopotamo ed il leone, doveva scacciare ogni male che potesse incombere sulla madre e sul bambino vulnerabili. Tali figurine divennero comuni in Epoca Tarda, dopo il 700 a.C.

Figurinha finamente modelada em faiança, da deusa do nascimento, Taueret, cuja forma monstruosa combinando crocodilo, hipopótamo e leão, tinha como objectivo afastar qualquer mal que pudesse recair sobre a mãe e a criança. Pequenas figuras em faiança tornaram-se comuns na Época Baixa, após 700 a.C.

Figurita de fayenza cuidadosamente moldeada de la diosa del nacimiento, Tueris, cuya monstruosa forma, combinación de cocodrilo, hipopótamo y león, pretendía mantener apartado cualquier peligro que pudiera afectar a la madre y al hijo, tan vulnerables. Estas figuritas se hicieron habituales en la Baja Época, después del 700 a. C.

Finely moulded faience figurine of the goddess of childbirth, Taweret, whose monstrous form combining crocodile, hippopotamus and lion was intended to fend off any evil that might befall the vulnerable mother and child. Such figurines become common in the Late Period, after 700 BC.

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