Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Princess

These 16 statuettes were carved for Iby, a high official. Thirteen are wooden standing statuettes and the other three are limestone.

The statuette represents Taweret, the goddess of protection of women in childbirth. She is depicted as a female hippopotamus with the arms and the legs of a lion and the tail of a crocodile. The statuette is placed on a rectangular,...

The statuette of light green faience depicts an obese man with a fat belly, flabby chest, and deformed genitals. The statuette could be that of a slave from the Greek New Comedy.

A bronze statuette of Cupid, the Roman god of love, called Eros by the Greeks, depicts the god as a child of seven years old with two wings. This statuette has lost a wing and part of one foot.

This statuette shows a high official in the costume of festivals. Each piece of this statuette was carved separately and then assembled.

This statuette shows a lady wearing a great curly wig that ends with three plaits at the back. The statuette was once gilded and painted.

This realistic statuette of a hare is made of bronze and designed with high precision to give the impression that it is running.

This statuette shows a lady standing who is wearing a very beautiful tall wig and a long tight-fitting garment.

The statuette depicts the goddess Bastet as a gentle cat, her sacred animal, sitting on its haunches with a long tail curled around one leg and with rather long ears.

This statuette of a standing ibex is made of bronze and is covered with branches of leaves and fruits and with small disks.