AePIX_Gyory-Taweret

Győry, Hedvig,
HEFS, Ancient Egyptian Committee, Vámbéry Ármin Oriental Academy, Budapest HU

Plaque amulets for the goddess with hippopotamus body in the Old to the Middle Kingdom
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71067/AePIX-2025-107-162 
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Aegyptus et Pannonia IX, Acta Symposii anno 2023, objects and Concepts.
Proceedings of the Conference held 19th-20th Januar, 2023, Budapest; ed. by Hedvig Győry.
Published by The Ancient Egyptian Committee of the Hungarian-Egyptian Friendship Society, Budapest 2025.
ISBN: 978-615-6571-04-5 (printed), ISBN 978-615-6571-05-2 (pdf); DOI: https://doi.org/10.71067/AePIX-2025
Soft cover. No Jacket. 1.st Edition. 18+380 pages (24x17), with colour pictures.

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